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Effect of gamma radiation on the course of African swine fever infection

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This report analyzes some data on the effect of management of animals γ-irradiated with doses causing mild, moderate, or severe acute radiation sickness and pigs being the carriers of some virulent ASF virus pathogens of serotypes I and IV (namely, strains 0–77 and Diamang) as observed 2 h or 3 to 34 days after the irradiation procedure had started. When the animals were radiated combined with their infection with virulent ASF virus strains, a more severe course of the infection was observed, whereas the infection development with a background of radiation injury made the radiation sickness more violent. The ASF virus accumulation levels in blood, organs, and/or tissues of the irradiated animals were reliably higher (namely, by approximately 1.0 to 1.5 log HAU50/cm3) than those for nonirradiated ones.

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    V. A. Budarkov & V. M. Balyshev

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Original Russian Text © V.A. Budarkov, V.M. Balyshev, 2017, published in Rossiiskaya Sel’skokhozyaistvennaya Nauka, 2017, No. 3, pp. 44–46.

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Budarkov, V.A., Balyshev, V.M. Effect of gamma radiation on the course of African swine fever infection. Russ. Agricult. Sci. 43, 332–335 (2017). https://doi.org/10.3103/S106836741704005X

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