Four sporadic cases of congenital swinepox
Borst, G.H.; Kimman, T.G.; Gielkens, A.L.; van der Kamp, J.S.
Veterinary Record 127(3): 61-63
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4900 PMID: 2169139 Document Number: 365103
Four sporadic cases of congenital swinepox are described. The pigs were born with pox lesions over their entire bodies. Microscopic examination revealed ballooning degeneration of keratinocytes, cytoplasmic inclusions and intranuclear vacuolization. Electron microsocpy detected poxvirus particles in all four pigs. The virus was isolated from one pig and identified by HindIII restriction endonuclease digestion as swinepox virus.