1,433
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
→Introduction
[[File:Pig FMD snout.jpg|thumb|200px|right|This is a pig's tongue with vesicles due to FMD that are identical to those caused by VES. Copyright CFSPH Iowa State.]]
[[File:Pig FMD snout.jpg|thumb|200px|right|This is a pig's tongue with vesicles due to FMD that are identical to those caused by VES. Copyright CFSPH Iowa State.]]
[[File:FMD Pig foot.jpg|thumb|200px|right|This is a pig's foot showing vesicles due to FMD that are indistinguishable from those caused by VES. Copyright CFSPH Iowa State.]]
[[File:FMD Pig foot.jpg|thumb|200px|right|This is a pig's foot showing vesicles due to FMD that are indistinguishable from those caused by VES. Copyright CFSPH Iowa State.]]
Vesicular Exanthema of Swine (VES) was a '''[[Viruses|viral]] disease that affected pigs in America from 1932-1959''', causing a '''similar presentation''' to that of the '''notifiable [[Foot and Mouth Disease]] and massive economic losses'''. The disease only ever occurred in the USA, originating from California, and is now eradicated. The pathogens involved were '''[[Caliciviridae|caliciviruses]].'''
Vesicular Exanthema of Swine (VES) was a '''[[Viruses|viral]] disease that affected pigs in America from 1932-1959''', causing a '''similar presentation''' to that of the '''notifiable [[Foot and Mouth Disease]] and massive economic losses'''. The disease only ever occurred in the USA, originating from California, and '''is now eradicated'''. The pathogens involved were '''[[Caliciviridae|caliciviruses]].'''
'''Related viruses''' are now isolated from marine mammal species along the USA’s pacific coast, now dubbed '''San Miguel Sea Lion Virus (SMSV)''' and are still '''capable of causing vesicular disease in swine''' under experimental conditions.<ref>Smith, A. W., Akers, T. G., Madin, S. H., Vedros, N. A (1973) '''San Miguel sea lion virus isolation, preliminary characterization and relationship to vesicular exanthema of swine virus'''. Nature, 244:108-110</ref>
'''Related viruses''' are now isolated from marine mammal species along the USA’s pacific coast, now dubbed '''San Miguel Sea Lion Virus (SMSV)''' and are still '''capable of causing vesicular disease in swine''' under experimental conditions.<ref>Smith, A. W., Akers, T. G., Madin, S. H., Vedros, N. A (1973) '''San Miguel sea lion virus isolation, preliminary characterization and relationship to vesicular exanthema of swine virus'''. Nature, 244:108-110</ref>