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design of expression vectorsexpressing a transgene in an appropriate manner is a huge task the gene construct that is quite active in transfected
gene constructsdesigning and cloning of the gene construct is the fundamental step in the generation of transgenic animals essentially determining
choice of transgenic animalfirst and foremost is the selection of animal species in which gene of interest is to be transferred whatever is the goal
transgenic animalsthere are various definitions for the term transgenic animal the transgenic animal is an animal in which there has been a
equine encephalomyelitisencephalomyelitis or inflammation of the brain tissue and the spinal cord can be brought about by different viruses eastern-
transgenic animalover the centuries animals with new combinations of genes have been produced using conventional breeding methods by means of careful
porcine rotaviruspiglet diarrhoea and mortality are gaining importance and the viral agent which is highly incriminated in such episodes is porcine
swine influenzaswine influenza a highly contagious disease affecting the respiratory tract of pigs is c a use d b y a vir us b e lo nging t o
aujeszkys diseasethis is primarily a disease of pigs which serve as the principal reservoir host the secondary hosts include cattle horse sheep goat
swine-poxpigs of 2 months of age may be infected with vaccinia either naturally or artificially and show pox lesions on the eyelids snot inside the
vesicular stomatitisvesicular sto matitis virus be longs to the ge nus vesiculovirus in fa mily rhabdoviridae the disease clinically resembles
vesicular exanthemavesicular exanthema of pigs closely resembles foot-and-mouth disease in these animals the virus causing the disease belongs to the
african swine feverafrican swine fever asf a highly contagious viral disease of swine and other porcine animals generally confined to the african
classical swine fever hog choleraswine fever known as hog cholera or european swine fever is a highly infectious virus disease characterized by rapid
transmissible gastroenteritis of swinethe disease first reported from the usa in 1964 is caused by antigenic group 1 mamalian coronavirus a member of
scrapiethis is a chronic fatal disease of sheep and occasionally of goats caused by a prion agent similar to bse the disease is reported from europe
louping illthis is an infectious encephalomyelitis of sheep and man occurring during spring and summer when the vectors like ticks are active it is
maedivisnamaedi a progressive pneumonia and visna a neurotropic disease found in sheep and goats are caused by the maedivisna virus belonging to the
contagious ecthymathe contagious ecthyma virus is immunologically distinct from vaccinia but similar to the causative agent of pseudo-cow-pox it
goat poxgoat-pox is common in occurrence and its nature is similar to sheep pox the incubation period varies from 5 to 10 days the disease tends to
sheep-poxsheep-pox a highly contagious disease causes a mortality of 20 to 50 in animals below the age of 6 months it also causes damage to the wool
bluetonguebluetongue bt a viral disease transmitted by culicoides midges is an infectious non-contagious disease of ruminants including sheep goat
peste des petits ruminants ppr is an acute highly contagious viral disease of goats and sheep caused by peste des petits ruminants ppr virus which
bovine spongiform encephalopathythe bovine transmissible spongiform encephalopathy bse known as mad cow disease-first noticed in great britain in