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Introduction: The objective is to determine patterns of viral shedding, detected by PCR, from dams and their piglets for Senecavirus A (SVA) in serum, feces and oropharyngeal swabs for a 6 week time period post clinical onset.Materials and Methods:A 4,000 head breeding herd developed clinical signs consistent with vesicular disease in sows and significant increases in neonatal mortality associated ...

1. IntroductionAvian reoviruses (ARVs), members of the genus Orthoreovirusin the family Spinareoviridae, are non-enveloped viruses characterized by a concentric icosahedral capsid and a segmented double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) genome [1]. ARVs have reemerged over recent decades, causing significant economic losses, primarily through tenosynovitis in meat-type poultry and necrotizing hepatitis in poul ...