Open AccessThe isolation of reovirus-like agents (rotaviruses) from acute gastroenteritis of piglets (Plates XVI)
Author(s) -
G. N. Woode,
Janice C. Bridger,
G.A. Hall,
Joanna M. Jones,
G. D. F. Jackson
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology/journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/00222615-9-2-203
Subject(s) - outbreak , feces , virology , rotavirus , biology , isolation (microbiology) , virus , inoculation , microbiology and biotechnology , acute gastroenteritis , virus isolation , reoviridae , immunology
Isolations of reovirus-like agents (rotaviruses) were made from nine of 23 outbreaks of piglet diarrhoea on different farms and from both weaned and unweaned piglets. The viruses were shown to be morphologically and anti-genically similar to the rotaviruses of children and calves. Gnotobiotig piglets given intranasal inoculations of five different isolates developed acute gastroenteritis, and the virus was re-isolated from the faeces or intestinal contents. The piglet virus was not adapted to replicate in cell culture. We conclude that the pig rotavirus is commonly associated with outbreaks of gastroenteritis and is probably an important aetiological factor in this disease.