| molecular characterisation of african swine fever viruses from nigeria (2003-2006) recovers multiple virus variants and reaffirms cvr epidemiological utility. | samples collected from wild and domestic suids in nigeria, over a 3-year period (2003-2006), were evaluated for african swine fever (asf) virus genome presence by targeting three discrete genome regions, namely the 478-bp c-terminal p72 gene region advocated for genotype assignment, a 780-bp region spanning the 5'-ends of the pb125r and pb646l (p72) genes and the hypervariable central variable region (cvr) encoded within the 9rl orf (pb602l). asf virus (asfv) presence was confirmed in 23 of the ... | 2010 | 20052526 |
| investigation of african swine fever in slaughtered pigs, plateau state, nigeria, 2004-2006. | the occurrence of african swine fever (asf) dna in slaughtered pigs in the major pig producing areas of plateau state over a 2-year period was investigated. three hundred fifty-nine pig tissue samples from five local government councils (lgcs) were analyzed by clinical signs (c/s), postmortem (pm) lesions and polymerase chain reaction (pcr). the results of diagnosis made by c/s and pm were compared to results obtained by pcr. out of the 359 abattoir samples, 13 (3.62%) were positive by examinati ... | 2010 | 20582719 |