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SUBMITTER: Antas M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6950429 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of veterinary research 20191024 4
Porcine epidemic diarrhoea (PED) is a highly contagious and devastating enteric disease of pigs caused by porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus (PEDV), an enveloped, single-stranded RNA virus belonging to the <i>Alphacoronavirus</i> genus of the <i>Coronaviridae</i> family. The disease is clinically similar to other forms of porcine gastroenteritis. Pigs are the only known host of the disease, and the occurrence of PED in wild boars is unknown. The virus causes acute diarrhoea, vomiting, dehydration, ...[more]