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An outbreak of viral encephalomyocarditis in pigs

Authors: Horner GW, Sutherland RJ, Hunter R, Fyfe BH
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 25, Issue 8, pp 225, Aug 1977
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Livestock, Pig, Production animal
Subject Terms: Circulatory system/haematology, Nervous system/neurology, Disease/defect, Viral
Article class: Correspondence

Abstract: Encephalomyocarditis (EMC) virus is a rodent enterovirus which may affect young pigs causing a fatal myocarditis. This virus has not previously been isolated in New Zealand, although clinical and pathological evidence of an EMC-like condition in pigs has been seen at least once previously (Ruakura Animal Health Laboratory 1973 unpublished data). We report here details of a confirmed outbreak of EMC from near Hikurangi in the Whangarei county of Northland…

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