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Table 5 Overview of the different examinations performed on herd B

From: Clinical problems due to encephalomyocarditis virus infections in two pig herds

Date

Examination (number of piglets)

Main findings

August 2014

Necropsya (7)

Multiple small white foci myocardium suggesting EMCV

 

Histologya

Multifocal, expanded zones with neutrophils often with necrosis of myocardium fibres

 

PCR EMCVb

Negative

September 2014

Necropsyc (2)

Macroscopic view compatible with EMCV

 

Histologyc

No indicative signs for EMCV

  1. a Animal Health Care Flanders; b Veterinary Agrochemical Research Centre, Brussels; c Ghent University, Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Poultry Diseases