encephalomyocarditis virus disease

encephalomyocarditis virus disease
a viral disease caused by a cardiovirus that usually occurs in rodents but is transmissible to other animals, especially pigs. It is often clinically inapparent but sometimes causes reproductive failure in young female pigs or encephalomyocarditis in various species, which can be fatal.

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