[Epizootic enteritis in pigs]

Abstract

Studied was the etiology of diarrhea in sucking pigs, using animals aged up to seven days, that had suffered from the disease not longer than 24 hours on 12 farms. There were cases of diarrhea induced by the virus of epidemic diarrhea. The virus was characterized morphologically through electron microscopy, and antigenically through direct immunofluorescence and serologic investigation. The disease was distinguished from transmissive gastroenteritis via differential diagnosis. Demonstrated was the lack of cross antigenic relation between the two viruses.