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Probing How Porcine Circovirus Causes Disease
2013-11-01 15:41:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Virginia Tech A two-year, $150,000 postdoctoral fellowship grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will help a researcher in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine investigate how porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) depletes the lymphatic system and causes inflammation in pigs. PCV2 has been a global swine disease that has caused significant economic losses since its first discovery in the late 1990s. read more
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