Swinepox

Swinepox

Taxobox | color=violet
name = "Swinepox virus"
virus_group = i
familia = "Poxviridae"
genus = "Suipoxvirus"
species = "Swinepox virus"

Swinepox is a worldwide disease of pigs caused by a virus of the family "Poxviridae" and the genus "Suipoxvirus". It is the most common cause of pox disease in pigs, with "vaccinia virus" being the next most common cause of outbreaks.cite book|author=Fenner, Frank J.; Gibbs, E. Paul J.; Murphy, Frederick A.; Rott, Rudolph; Studdert, Michael J.; White, David O.|title=Veterinary Virology (2nd ed.)|publisher=Academic Press, Inc|year=1993|id=ISBN 0-12-253056-X] It is a mild disease. Symptoms include papules and pustules on the skin of the abdomen. Characteristic lesions on the lower abdomen have dark hemorrhagic centers.cite web|author=Carter, G.R.; Wise, D.J.|year=2006|title=Poxviridae|work=A Concise Review of Veterinary Virology| url=http://www.ivis.org/advances/Carter/Part2Chap10/chapter.asp?LA=1|accessdate=2006-06-13] Swinepox is transmitted by direct contact and by the pig louse, "Hematopinus suis".

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