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Diagnosis Of Porcine Teschovirus Encephalomyelitis In The Republic Of Haiti, Ming Y. Deng, Max Millien, Rodney Jacques-Simon, J. Keith Flanagan, Alexa J. Bracht, Consuelo Corrillo, Roger W. Barrette, Andrew Fabian, Fawzi Mohamed, Karen Moran, Jessica Rowland, Sabrina L. Swenson, Melinda Jenkins-Moore, Leo Koster, Bruce V. Thomsen, Gregory Mayr, Dave Pyburn, Paula Morales, John Shaw, Thomas Burrage, William White, Michael T. Mcintosh, Samia Metwally

Other Publications in Zoonotics and Wildlife Disease

In February and March 2009, approximately 1,500 backyard pigs of variable age became sick, and approximately 700 of them died or were euthanized in the Lower Artibonite Valley and the Lower Plateau of the Republic of Haiti. The main clinical sign was posterior ataxia followed by paresis and/or paralysis on the second or third day of illness. No gross lesions were observed at postmortem examinations. The morbidity and mortality were approximately 60% and 40%, respectively. Diagnostic samples (whole blood, brain, tonsil, lymph nodes, spleen, and lung) were negative for Classical swine fever virus and African swine fever virus. Porcine …