Refinement of a colostrum-deprived pig model for infectious disease research

Well-defined pig models are useful to study the pathogenicity of newly recognized pathogens or strains in pigs and serve as animal models for some human diseases. The conventional pig model, where research pigs are sourced from commercial high-health production systems, is commonly used due to the e...

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Main Authors: Tanja Opriessnig, Priscilla F. Gerber, Patrick G. Halbur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:MethodsX
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215016118300505