| detection and genetic characterization of porcine circovirus 2 isolates from the first cases of postweaning multisystemic and wasting syndrome in wild boars in greece. | in 2002, postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (pmws) was diagnosed in a european female wild boar (sus scrofa), based on the detection of porcine circovirus 2 (pcv2) dna in various organs, including the uterus, and on histopathologic lesions. this is the first detection of pcv2 dna in the uterus of a wild boar. three years later (2005), a wild boar < 6-8 mo of age was found moribund. it presented wasting and dyspnea and finally died. pcv2 dna was detected in tissue samples, and histopathol ... | 2008 | 18957642 |
| detection of chromosomal and plasmid--encoded virulence determinants in yersinia enterocolitica and other yersinia spp. isolated from food animals in greece. | the distribution of yersinia strains in animal reservoirs was examined in 835 food animals (pigs, chickens, sheep, cows) from different greek departments (attica, fthiotida, viotia and evia) over a one year period. the isolated strains were characterized with respect to the presence of chromosomal (yst) and plasmid-encoded virulence determinants (virf, yada) and their antimicrobial susceptibility was tested. in total, yersiniaspp. were obtained from 9.94% of the 835 food animals at slaughter tha ... | 2007 | 17825934 |