title: Virus-like particles associated with porcine epidemic diarrhoea.
abstract: Porcine epidemic diarrhoea type II was reproduced in experimental pigs of various ages by oral dosing with minced intestine from a naturally occurring case of the disease. Virus-like particles which probably represent an unidentified coronavirus were seen by electron microscopy in the faeces and intestinal epithelium of infected animals.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003332:Coronaviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D014780:Viruses / Q000302:isolation & purification*