Classical Swine Fever and Related Viral Infections / Edition 1

ISBN-13: 9780898389692 Publisher: Springer US Publication date: 10/31/1987 Series: Developments in Veterinary Virology , #5 Edition description: 1988 Pages: 298 Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d) The history of research on hog cholera (HC)/classical swine fever (CSF) can be roughly divided into three phases which are characterized by the methods available at the time for demonstrati ng the causati ve agent. Phase covered the period before the viral etiology of HC was discovered by de Schweinitz and Dorset (1904)*. Thereafter (Phase II) the detection of HC virus (HCV) was accomplished by laborious, time-consuming and costly pig inoculation experiments. This explains the extensive search for methods not only for detection but also for accurate infectivity titration as well as for applicable serological techniques to solve urgent problems concerning the pathogenesis, diagnosis, epidemiology and prophylaxis of HC. It was not before the late fifties that HC research entered Ph