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Answer to the Pig Question

I found this short article about Aujeszky's disease that infected pigs in the North Island but not the South Island in New Zealand.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10327536&dopt=Abstract

What Aujeszky's disease is (Pseudo-rabies):
http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/notifiable/disease/aujeszkys.htm
It should be noted that the disease has often been confused for "Swine Fever."

http://www.antecint.co.uk/Main/aujeszky.htm
Important thing to remember is that the disease can be passed within the pig semen.

Further note, by going through Australia's animal biosecurity meetings minutes, there are two other diseases, Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) and Post-Weaning Multi-Systemic Wasting Syndrome (PMWS), that along with Classic Swine Fever (CSF) maybe passed within the semen.
http://www.affa.gov.au/corporate_docs/publications/word/market_access/biosecurity/animal/2002/2002-26a.doc

Hopefully, this has not been an entire waste of your time.

Comments:

Thanks for looking this up. It is very neat information and not a waste of time!!!!

# posted by

Jadie Oien : 28 February, 2006 16:14

You are fast! I was going to look all that up! good job! thanks!

Suzanne R

# posted by

Suzanne R. : 28 February, 2006 17:23

Good research- and no- not a waste of time. I had wondered about this myself. Too strange of a sign to not make a person wonder, eh?

# posted by

Micheal Augustine : 28 February, 2006 19:39

I agree that this wasnt a waste of time. It was really interesting to read!

# posted by

Ashley Robertson : 02 March, 2006 13:13