First report of Porcine Circovirus 2 (PCV2) circulation in Ecuador

<p>This report describes the first detection of Porcine Circovirus Type 2 (PCV2) from pigs in Ecuador. Samples were collected from 162 animals from November 2010 to March 2011: 25 sick animals from commercial swine herds and 137 from slaughterhouses. To detect the virus we used polymerase chai...

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Main Authors: Estefanía Bermeo, Verónica Barragán, Alejandro Torres, Alfredo Acosta, Gabriel A. Trueba P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ 2013-04-01
Series:ACI Avances en Ciencias e Ingenierías
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Online Access:http://revistas.usfq.edu.ec/index.php/avances/article/view/114