title: Antibodies to some swine diseases in commercial piggeries in Central Zambia.
abstract: Blood samples were taken from 121 sows and gilts on 7 commercial piggeries located around Lusaka (Zambia). The samples tested negative for antibodies to Aujeszky's disease, transmissible gastroenteritis (TGE), swine influenza, hog cholera and brucellosis. Seventy-eight pigs from 5 farms had positive titres to porcine parvovirus. Eighteen sera showed positive titres to Leptospira celledoni.
authors.affiliation: Samiora Machel School of Veterinary Medicine, UNZA, Lusaka, Zambie.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stafford
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Stafford
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Paton
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gamble
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D015024:Zambia
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000914:Antibodies, Viral