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Pseudorabies in farmed foxes fed pig offal in Shandong province, China

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Pseudorabies (PR, Aujeszky’s disease) is an acute, highly contagious viral disease resulting in major economic losses to the swine industry. PR is endemic in wild and domestic animals, although its natural host is the pig. Here, we report an outbreak of PR in foxes on a fur-producing farm in Yuncheng county, Shandong, China, that were fed pig offal. The diagnosis of PR was based on nervous signs and standard PCR methods and by isolation of PRV from fox brain tissue in Vero cells. The diagnosis was confirmed by an indirect immunofluorescence assay and electron microscopy. Phylogenetic analysis of a partial (804 nt) viral glycoprotein gC gene sequence indicated that it was likely to be a field strain closely related to a cluster of PRV previously identified in China.

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Project support was provided, in part, by the National High Technology and Development Project (“863”) (Approval No. 2012AA101303), the Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest (Grant No. 201203056).

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    1. Laboratory of Epidemiology, Military Veterinary Research Institute, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Key Laboratory of Jilin Province for Zoonosis Prevention and Control, 666 Liuying West Road, Changchun, 130122, China

      Hong-Liang Jin, Shu-Man Gao, Ye Liu, Shou-Feng Zhang & Rong-Liang Hu

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    H.-L. Jin and S.-M. Gao contributed equally to this research.

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    Jin, HL., Gao, SM., Liu, Y. et al. Pseudorabies in farmed foxes fed pig offal in Shandong province, China. Arch Virol 161, 445–448 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-015-2659-9

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