| [the leukocyte count is a valuable parameter for detecting classical swine fever]. | in this paper we describe a study of the use of the white blood cell count (wbcc) as a parameter for detecting outbreaks of classical swine fever (csf). meta-analysis of the results of challenge experiments revealed that oronasal infection of spf-pigs with the virulent csf virus (csfv) strains brescia or nl9201 resulted in a significant decrease in the average white blood cell count during the first week after inoculation of the virus. challenge of conventional finishing pigs and sows with the m ... | 2000 | 11002499 |