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Bulletin No. 16 - Fall 2003
Fourth International Symposium on Emerging and Re-emerging Pig diseasesPorcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS)
DEE S, OTAKE S, ROSSOW K, MOON R, PIJOAN C
Transmission of PRRSV by individual houseflies (Musca domestica)
Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Emerging and Re-emerging Pig Diseases, 2003, 53
Transmission of PRRSV from infected pig to susceptible pig by houseflies as mechanical vectors was demonstrated. The intestinal tract of flies can harbor the virus for up to 12 hours suggesting that houseflies may also allow farm-to-farm transmission of PRRSV.
