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Procedures for Identifying Infectious Prions After Passage Through the Digestive System of an Avian Species
Published on: November 6, 2013
Abstract:
Transmission of sarcoptic mange by fomites was investigated by placing mange-free piglets in pens for either fixed or variable periods of time during the first six days following removal of mange infected swine. Transmission occurred in pigs with as little as 24 hours exposure to fomites. Clinical signs of pruritis and focal erythematous skin lesions developed in various pigs from four and a half to 13 weeks after exposure. Pigs with the longer exposure developed clinical signs more rapidly than those with a shorter exposure. Four of six pigs developed a chronic form of the disease characterized by thickened encrustations and scurf from which mites were readily demonstrated. The remaining two pigs developed only the pruritic form and mites were never found in numerous skin scrapings examined.
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