Abstract
An experiment was conducted to determine whether spray-dried porcine plasma containing 2-47 × 105 dna copies of porcine circovirus type 2 (pcv-2) could infect weanling pigs when fed to them. Five specific pathogen-free (spf) weanling pigs were fed ad libitum for 45 days a control diet and six pigs were fed a test diet containing 8 kg sdpp per 100 kg feed. The two groups were housed in separate biosecurity level-3 rooms. None of the pigs in either group developed any clinical signs or became pcv-2 viraemic or seroconverted.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 536-538 |
Journal | Veterinary Record |
Volume | 163 |
Issue number | 18 |
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Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2008 |