Vaccine resistant pseudorabies virus causes mink infection in China

Abstract Background Pseudorabies, a highly contagious infectious disease of swine is caused by pseudorabies virus (PRV). PRV can cause fatal infection in other animal species. Results We report a deadly outbreak of pseudorabies that killed 87.2% (3522/4028) minks in a farm in 2014 in Shandong Provin...

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Main Authors: Gui-sheng Wang, Yijun Du, Jia-qiang Wu, Fu-lin Tian, Xue-jie Yu, Jin-bao Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:BMC Veterinary Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12917-018-1334-2