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Article: PSEUDORABIES IDENTIFIED IN SWINE ON MICHIGAN GAME RANCH: MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT TAKES ACTION TO PROTECT SWINE INDUSTRY
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 6, 2008
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The Michigan Department of Agriculture issued the following news release:
The Michigan Department of Agriculture's (MDA) Geagley Laboratory today confirmed pseudorabies virus (PRV) infection in 19 sport swine on a privately owned cervid facility in Saginaw County. Pseudorabies is a highly contagious viral disease of swine that causes newborn piglets to die. Rarely, the disease can cause sudden death in cats and dogs and can affect cattle, sheep, and deer. The virus does not cause illness in humans and is not related to rabies.
"We must protect Michigan's $230 million swine industry," said Don Koivisto, MDA Director. "Michigan achieved PRV- free status in 2000, and the ability of this ...
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