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| | Defra, UK - Disease surveillance and control - Notifiable diseases - Swine Vesicular Disease |
 | | SVD has persisted in Italy, where in 2002 there were 171 outbreaks of this disease, with a further 31 cases in 2003, and further outbreaks through 2004. |
 | | The incubation period of SVD is between two and seven days, and following a transient fever of up to 41 degrees Centigrade, vesicles (blisters) develop on the coronary band, typically at the junction with the heel. |
 | | This description of the signs of SVD will vary according to the age of the pigs affected, the conditions under which they are kept, and the strain of SVD virus involved. |
| www.defra.gov.uk /animalh/diseases/notifiable/disease/swinevesicular.htm (914 words) |
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