Inhibition of virus replication in the tonsils of pigs previously vaccinated with a Chinese strain vaccine and challenged oronasally with a virulent strain of classical swine fever virus.

After an oronasal (O.N.) infection with classical swine fever (C.

An epizootic of African swine fever in Belgium and its eradication.

In March 1985 an outbreak of African swine fever was diagnosed in Belgium, in the province of West Flanders. The source of the infection was probably pork imported from Spain which was fed to only one boar. A total of 12 farms were infected in the epizootic out of 185 farms which were in contact.

Epizootics of respiratory tract disease in swine in Belgium due to H3N2 influenza virus and experimental reproduction of disease.

In Belgium, influenza virus was isolated from swine in 22 epizootics of respiratory tract disease in swine during 1984. In 8 of the epizootics, H3N2 influenza virus, related to the A/Port Chalmers/1/73 strain, was isolated. Intratracheal inoculation of the isolates induced clinical signs.