| PAF | paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; peroxisomal assembly factor; phosphodiesterase-activating factor; pl... |
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| SF | Sabin-Feldman [test]; safety factor; salt-free; scarlet fever; screen film; seminal fluid; serosal f... |
| TF | free thyroxine; tactile fremitus; tail flick [reflex]; temperature factor; testicular feminization; ... |
| AHG | aggregated human globulin; antihemophilic globulin; antihuman globulin |
| DF | decapacitation factor; decontamination factor; deferoxamine; deficiency factor; defined flora [anima... |
| porcine herpesvirus 1 | A virus causing pseudorabies in swine and many other mammalian species including horses, cattle, sheep, goats, dogs, and cats. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| porcine herpesvirus 2 | A virus causing inclusion body rhinitis in pigs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| porcine parakeratosis | A skin disease of young pigs characterised by a hard, scaly proliferation of the surface layers of the skin. The extremities are commonly affected first, but it may involve the entire body. Parakeratosis psoriasiformis, an eruption marked by the presence of thick scales resembling those of psoriasis. Parakeratosis pustulosa, idiopathic subungual keratosis with nail deformity or pitting and with pustular or well-demarcated scaling eczematous changes of the fingertips; usually seen in young girls. Parakeratosis scutularis, a disease of the scalp marked by the formation of crusts that envelop the hairs. Synonym: parakeratosis ostracea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| porcine parvovirus | A virus causing stillbirths, abortions, foetal deaths, mummifications, and infertility in swine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| porcine polioencephalomyelitis | Porcine polioencephalomyelitis; a disease of swine caused by porcine enterovirus 1 and resembling human poliomyelitis; it is characterised by stiffness, convulsions, paralysis, and prostration, and is widespread in Europe, with most serious losses occurring in Poland and the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Synonym: infectious porcine encephalomyelitis, porcine polioencephalomyelitis. Origin: Teschen, Silisia (05 Mar 2000) |
| porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome | <syndrome> A syndrome characterised by outbreaks of late term abortions, high numbers of stillbirths and mummified or weak newborn piglets, and respiratory disease in young unweaned and weaned pigs. It is caused by swine infertility and respiratory syndrome virus. (radostits et al., veterinary medicine, 8th ed, p1048) (12 Dec 1998) |
| porcine sarcoma virus | A retrovirus causing sarcoma in swine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| porcine somatotropin | <protein> A growth hormone found inpigs, injections of or implants containing thishormone cause pigs over 100 pounds to gain more muscle and less fat. Previously the hormone was very expensive because it could only be taken from the pituitary glands of slaughtered pigs, but in the early '90s researchers learned how to genetically engineered the bacterium E. Coli to produce it. The FDA has not yet approved this hormone for use. See: bovine somatotrophin. (09 Oct 1997) |
| porcine stress syndrome | A severe form of fever that occurs as a reaction to certain anaesthetic agents and muscle relaxants. Malignant hyperthermia is an inherited autosomal dominant condition. Inheritance: autosomal dominant. (27 Sep 1997) |
| porcine transmissible gastroenteritis | A rapidly spreading disease of swine, caused by a coronavirus (of the family Coronaviridae) and characterised by severe diarrhoea and vomiting; case fatality rate in pigs younger than 10 days is high; in older pigs it is low. Synonym: porcine transmissible gastroenteritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| porcine valve | A prosthetic cardiac valve derived from the pig heart, which is preserved and sterilised with glutaraldehyde, and permanently sutured to a shape-retaining artificial strut; in appropriate sizes, it can replace any natural heart valve. Synonym: porcine valve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infectious porcine encephalomyelitis | Porcine polioencephalomyelitis; a disease of swine caused by porcine enterovirus 1 and resembling human poliomyelitis; it is characterised by stiffness, convulsions, paralysis, and prostration, and is widespread in Europe, with most serious losses occurring in Poland and the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Synonym: infectious porcine encephalomyelitis, porcine polioencephalomyelitis. Origin: Teschen, Silisia (05 Mar 2000) |
| infectious porcine encephalomyelitis virus | A picornavirus causing Teschen disease of pigs; the virus is normally a harmless inhabitant of the intestinal tract, but virulent strains cause epizootics of the disease. Synonym: infectious porcine encephalomyelitis virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| influenza a virus, porcine | Strains of influenza a virus causing influenza and pneumonia in domestic pigs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| encephalomyelitis, enzootic porcine | A picornavirus infection producing symptoms similar to poliomyelitis in pigs. (12 Dec 1998) |