| isolation and characterization of the first chinese strain of porcine teschovirus-8. | investigations were carried out to identify the causal agent of acute diarrhea, respiratory distress, and death of pigs on a swine farm in jilin province, northern china. only porcine teschovirus (ptv, designated as ptv-8 jilin/2003) was isolated from samples of organs. the presence of ptv was confirmed by the production of a specific cytopathic effect on susceptible cells and by the results of the immunoperoxidase monolayer assay (ipma), polymerase chain reaction, and electron microscopy. other ... | 2010 | 20362007 |
| isolation and identification of a bovine viral diarrhea virus from sika deer in china. | bovine viral diarrhea virus (bvdv) infections continue to cause significantly losses in the deer population. better isolation and identification of bvdv from sika deer may contribute significantly to the development of prophylactic therapeutic, and diagnostic reagents as well as help in prevention and control of bvdv. however, isolation and identification of bvdv from sika deer is seldom reported in literature. in this study, we collected some samples according to clinical sign of bvdv to isolat ... | 2011 | 21352530 |