December 17, 2020
UNL Research Team Uncovers Novel Strains of Atypical Porcine Pestivirus Associated with Severe Congenital Tremor and High Mortality in Newborn Piglets
Recent research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln integrated next-generation sequencing and metagenomic analyses to uncover the source of recent cases of congenital tremor in newborn piglets observed in research and commercial farms across Nebraska. The research was undertaken after the initial diagnostic testing of a batch of affected piglets, based on quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR), was negative for a number of viruses […]