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THROMBOCYTOPENIC bleedings have to our knowledge not yet been described in pigs. However, purpura in adult pigs and piglets has already been described1–3, but the ætiology of these cases remains unknown and platelet counts were not performed.
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STORMORKEN, H., SVENKERUD, R., SLAGSVOLD, P. et al. Thrombocytopenic Bleedings in Young Pigs due to Maternal Isoimmunization. Nature 198, 1116–1117 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1981116b0
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