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The transmission of hog cholera virus by Trichinella spiralis larvae. 1966

W J Zimmermann, and L H Schwarte

Studies have been carried out to determine (a) the possible role of T. spiralis larvae in the transmission of hog cholera virus and (b) to determine the effect of elevated swine temperature on the viability of trichinae. Trichina larvae from hog cholera infected swine were freed from diaphragmatic tissue by artificial digestion. Washed and disinfected larvae transmitted hog cholera virus while the supernatant digestive fluid did not transmit the virus. Infectivity of the virus was lost when the larvae were transmitted through albino rats before administration to swine. Temperature elevation of the swine did not affect the viability of the trichinae.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D004199	Disease Vectors	Invertebrates or non-human vertebrates which transmit infective organisms from one host to another.	Infectious Disease Vectors,Disease Vector,Disease Vector, Infectious,Disease Vectors, Infectious,Infectious Disease Vector,Vector, Disease,Vector, Infectious Disease,Vectors, Disease,Vectors, Infectious Disease
D006691	Classical Swine Fever	An acute, highly contagious disease affecting swine of all ages and caused by the CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER VIRUS. It has a sudden onset with high morbidity and mortality.	Hog Cholera,Swine Fever,Swine Fever, Classical,Cholera, Hog
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013552	Swine	Any of various animals that constitute the family Suidae and comprise stout-bodied, short-legged omnivorous mammals with thick skin, usually covered with coarse bristles, a rather long mobile snout, and small tail. Included are the genera Babyrousa, Phacochoerus (wart hogs), and Sus, the latter containing the domestic pig (see SUS SCROFA).	Phacochoerus,Pigs,Suidae,Warthogs,Wart Hogs,Hog, Wart,Hogs, Wart,Wart Hog
D013696	Temperature	The property of objects that determines the direction of heat flow when they are placed in direct thermal contact. The temperature is the energy of microscopic motions (vibrational and translational) of the particles of atoms.	Temperatures
D014234	Trichinella	A genus of parasitic nematodes that causes TRICHINELLOSIS in man and other animal.	Trichina,Trichinas,Trichinellas
D051381	Rats	The common name for the genus Rattus.	Rattus,Rats, Laboratory,Rats, Norway,Rattus norvegicus,Laboratory Rat,Laboratory Rats,Norway Rat,Norway Rats,Rat,Rat, Laboratory,Rat, Norway,norvegicus, Rattus