African swine fever. I. Morphological changes and virus replication in blood platelets of pigs infected with virulent haemadsorbing and non-haemadsorbing isolates
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Neser, J.A.
Phillips, T.
Gainaru, M.D.
Coetzee, T.
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Abstract
Replicating and mature viral particles were detected with the transmission electron microscope in blood platelets of pigs infected with virulent haemadsorbing and non-haemadsorbing African swine fever virus isolates. Although platelet numbers decreased terminally in infected pigs, the most noticeable morphological
damage to these cells apparent in the last 2 days of the disease included cytoplasmic swelling, vacuolation, fragmentation and loss of dense granules.
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Veterinary medicine
Sustainable Development Goals
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Neser, JA, Phillips, T, Thomson, GR, Gainaru, MD & Coetzee, T 1986, 'African swine fever. I. Morphological changes and virus replication in blood platelets of pigs infected with virulent haemadsorbing and non-haemadsorbing isolates’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 53, no. 3, pp. 133-141