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G87-848 Control And Eradication Of Pseudorabies In Swine, Alex Hogg, George W. Beran

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide discusses various plans to control and eradicate an increasingly important disease of swine--Pseudorabies.

Introduction and History

Pseudorabies (Aujeszky's Disease) is an acute, frequently fatal disease affecting most species of domestic and wild animals. The disease is caused by a virus of the Herpesvirus group, and is characterized by a variety of clinical signs--those involving the nervous and respiratory systems being particularly prominent. Pseudorabies is a persistent cause of loss in both cattle and sheep in many countries throughout the world.

Pseudorabies is an increasingly important disease of swine in the U.S. This increase in importance has paralleled the …

Ec87-219 1987 Nebraska Swine Report, William Ahlschwede, Donald G. Levis, Gerald Bodman, Murray Danielson, Fernando A. Osorio, A. R. Doster, W. Leonard Staudinger, Gary Anderson, James W. Lamkey, Roger W. Mandigo, Chris Calkins, M. C. Brumm, B.D. Schultz, Edgar T. Clemens, Duane E. Reese, Lawrence N. Quint, H.A. Grabouski, E. R. Peo Jr., J.D. Hancock, Donald L. Ferguson, Alex Hogg, Rollin D. Schnieder

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This 1987 Nebraska Swine Report was prepared by the staff in Animal Science and cooperating departments for use in the Extension and Teaching programs at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Authors from the following areas contributed to this publication: Swine Nutrition, swine diseases, pathology, economics, engineering, swine breeding, meats, agronomy, and diagnostic laboratory. It covers the following areas: breeding, disease control, feeding, nutrition, economics, housing and meats.