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Persistence of some livestock viruses in the cockroach Blatta orientalis
Author(s) -
TARRY D. W.,
LUCAS M.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
entomologia experimentalis et applicata
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.765
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1570-7458
pISSN - 0013-8703
DOI - 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1977.tb02707.x
Subject(s) - biology , cockroach , persistence (discontinuity) , inoculation , virology , blattodea , virus , porcine parvovirus , veterinary medicine , zoology , ecology , immunology , medicine , geotechnical engineering , engineering
Virus pathogens of pigs were administered, orally or by inoculation, to the cockroach Blatta orientalis. Groups of insects were examined microbiologically at intervals afterwards. Porcine parvovirus (strain 59e/63) was shown to be retained for more than a week when given orally, and for 3 weeks when inoculated into the haemocoele, but T.G.E. virus was not recovered from the insects. The significance of the result to the spread of disease is discussed.