The scientists detected a previously unknown virus, termed atypical porcine pestivirus (APPV), in "shaking piglets", making it possible to clearly diagnose the potentially fatal disease. The virus remains in the animals for a long time following an infection and may also be transmitted sexually. The findings were published in the journal Veterinary Research.
Cases of newborn "shaking piglets" have been reported since the 1920s both in Europe and abroad. Yet an additional cause for these congenital tremors has so far eluded researchers. A previously unknown virus had therefore been suspected for quite some time – but without conclusive confirmation.
[...] A mortality rate of up to 30 percent is possible among affected piglets; the detection of the APPV virus therefore represents a diagnostic breakthrough.
https://phys.org/news/2017-01-tremors-newborn-piglets-attributed-previously.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5217315/
http://viralzone.expasy.org/all_by_species/39.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pestivirus
(Score: 2) by jimshatt on Sunday February 05 2017, @10:43PM