Exploratory Animal and Medical Research (Dec 2016)

DETECTION OF CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER VIRUS BY RT-PCR IN WEST BENGAL, INDIA

  • Sumit Chowdhury,
  • Shamindra Nath Sarkar,
  • Anup Singha,
  • Joyjit Mitra,
  • Santanu Panda,
  • Swarup Bakshi

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 2
pp. 199 – 204

Abstract

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Classical swine fever is a deadly disease of swine, caused by a RNA virus. The present study has identified presence of the classical swine fever virus (CSFV) in pigs of West Bengal by one step reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) performed using 5’ NTR specific primers. Internal organs from clinically affected pigs were examined from three districts of West Bengal. RT-PCT has identified presence of CSFV in all the tissues examined confirming presence of CSFV in different parts of the state.

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