Table 2.
Method | Clinical Signs | Macroscopic Lesions | Microscopic Lesions | Reference |
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5 pregnant sows, IV inoculation, Fuji strain, bled daily until farrow | No | / | / | [51] 1st experiment |
6 pregnant sows, IV inoculation, Kanagawa strain, bled daily until farrow | Mummified and hydrocephalic fetuses in 2/6 litters | / | / | [51] 2nd experiment |
14 piglets, IV inoculation, clinical signs monitoring and histopathology after euthanasia | Fever until 4 dpi, depression and hind limbs tremor | No | Non-suppurative encephalitis with perivascular cuffing of mononuclear cells and multifocal gliosis in grey and white matter cerebrum | [62] |
10 piglets, intranasal inoculation, clinical signs monitoring and histopathology after euthanasia | Fever until 4 dpi, depression and slight hind limbs tremor on 4 piglets until 10 dpi maximum | No | Non-suppurative encephalitis with perivascular cuffing of lymphocytes, multifocal gliosis, neuronal degeneration, and necrosis | [63] |
12 piglets, IV and ID inoculation, clinical signs monitoring, histopathology after euthanasia and RT-PCR on tissues | Fever until 5 dpi, reduce appetite, less manure, and reluctance to move until 6 to 9 dpi | No | Signs of viral meningoencephalomyelitis | [22] |
10 piglets, IV inoculation, clinical signs monitoring, histopathology after euthanasia and RT-PCR on tissues | Fever until 5 dpi, mild depression and lethargy until 5 dpi, mild ataxia between 10 and 13 dpi, 2 pigs with hind limb ataxia between 19 and 27 dpi | No | No | [54] |
IV—intravenous; ID—intradermal; dpi—day post-infection; RT-PCR—reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction; /—not investigated.