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SUBMITTER: Leidenberger S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5589859 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Leidenberger S S Schröder Ch C Zani L L Auste A A Pinette M M Ambagala A A Nikolin V V de Smit H H Beer M M Blome S S
Scientific reports 20170907 1
Porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) has caused tremendous losses to the United States pig industry since 2013. From 2014, outbreaks were also reported from Central Europe. To characterize the Central European PEDV strains regarding their virulence in suckling piglets, and to assess the protective effect of maternally derived antibodies (MDA), four trial groups were randomly assigned, each consisting of two pregnant sows and their litter. To induce MDA in a subset of piglets, two sows received a cell ...[more]