Episode 7 - PRRS: Hotter types produce more virus

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“Peak titres can show 1,000 times more virus in blood serum with higher virulence strains” - Prof. Greg Stevenson, Professor at the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

In conversation comparing American and European views of high-virulence PRRS strains, Dr. Greg Stevenson (Iowa State University, USA) and Dr. Andrea Ladinig (University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria) describe marked differences in replication, in ability to cross the placenta before the third trimester of gestation and in severity of lung damage where these so-called hotter strains occur.

Running time: 33 minutes

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