PORCINE ENTEROVIRUS AS A CAUSE OF ENCEPHA LOPATHY

Two sows and three fattening pigs from four farms in the service area of the Schwarzenbek Veterinary Ambulatory Clinic were submitted alive for autopsy. All animals exhibited hind leg paralysis. An encephalomye lopathy was observed histologically. Infection with porcine enteroviru s was confirmed serologically in the sows and by culture in the fatten ing pigs. The serotype could not be determined. The clinical and patho logical findings are described and discussed with respect to the diffe rential diagnosis and the previous scientific literature.