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Abstract
A syndrome characterized by outbreaks of late term abortions, high numbers of stillbirths and mummified or weak newborn piglets, and respiratory disease in young unweaned and weaned pigs. It is caused by PORCINE RESPIRATORY AND REPRODUCTIVE SYNDROME VIRUS. (Radostits et al., Veterinary Medicine, 8th ed, p1048)
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- Blue-Eared Pig Disease
- Mystery Swine Disease
- PRRS
- Porcine Epidemic Abortion and Respiratory Syndrome
- Swine Infertility and Respiratory Syndrome
- Blue Eared Pig Disease
- Pig Disease, Blue-Eared
- Swine Disease, Mystery
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, virology.
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- Swine Diseases (1991-1996)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019318. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019318
- Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2275037