Neser, J.A.Phillips, T.Gainaru, M.D.Coetzee, T.Bigalke, R.D.2015-03-262015-03-2620141986Neser, 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. 133-1410330-2465http://hdl.handle.net/2263/44169The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.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.en©ARC - Onderstepoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria (original). ©University of Pretoria. Dept. of Library Services (digital).Veterinary medicineVeterinary medicine -- South AfricaArticle