Teschen disease virus
Pronunciation: tesh′en
Definition: a picornavirus causing the disorder of pigs; the virus is normally a harmless inhabitant of the intestinal tract, but virulent strains cause epizootics of the disease.
Synonym(s): infectious porcine encephalomyelitis virus
[Teschen in Silesia, Germany]
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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.

