id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-004724-llex3yed Dea, S. A. Isolation of encephalomyocarditis virus among stillborn and post-weaning pigs in Quebec 1991 .txt text/plain 2539 150 45 Encephalomyocarditis (EMC) virus was isolated from aborted fetuses and lungs of suckling pigs from three Quebec pig farms that experienced outbreaks of reproductive failure in sows and respiratory problems in suckling and post-weaning piglets. Encephalomyocarditis (EMC) virus was isolated from aborted fetuses and lungs of suckling pigs from three Quebec pig farms that experienced outbreaks of reproductive failure in sows and respiratory problems in suckling and post-weaning piglets. Serological evidence of EMC virus infection was reported in Canadian swine herds and associated with sudden death in young piglets and reproductive problems [20, 21] . This report describes the isolation of EMC virus from the tissues of aborted fetuses and post-weaning piglets obtained from three different farms. Necropsied fetuses did not show typical gross and microscopic heart lesions previously reported from experimental and natural infection of newborn piglets with EMC virus [12] [13] [14] . An association between encephalomyocarditis virus infection and reproductive failure in pigs ./cache/cord-004724-llex3yed.txt ./txt/cord-004724-llex3yed.txt