encephalomyocarditis (redirected from encephalomyocarditis virus disease of pigs)

encephalomyocarditis /en·ceph·a·lo·myo·car·di·tis/ (-mi?o-kahr-di´tis) a viral disease marked by degenerative and inflammatory changes in skeletal and cardiac muscle and by central lesions resembling those of poliomyelitis.

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en·ceph·a·lo·my·o·car·di·tis (n-sf-l-m-kär-dts)

n.

An acute viral disease characterized by inflammation and degeneration of skeletal and cardiac muscle and lesions of the central nervous system.

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encephalomyocarditis

inflammation of the brain and cardiac muscle; abbreviated EMC.

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encephalomyocarditis virus disease of pigs

a sporadic disease of pigs caused by a picornavirus (genus Cardiovirus) which is primarily a pathogen of rodents but which infects other species including humans. Affected pigs are most commonly found dead of heart failure without having displayed clinical signs. Longer surviving pigs show tremor, incoordination and dyspnea. There is a characteristic myocarditis evident at necropsy.