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Bulletin No. 17 - Winter 2003
VirologyPorcine Respiratory Disease Complex (PRDC)
KIM J, CHUNG HK, CHAE C
Association of porcine circovirus 2 with porcine respiratory disease complex.
Veterinary Journal, 2003, Volume 166, 251-256
BO98413
The presence of porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2), porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), swine influenza virus (SIV), porcine parvovirus (PPV), Pasteurella multocida, Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, and Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae was investigated in 105 epidemiologically unrelated Korean pigs with PRDC. PCV2 was detected in 85 pigs and the most frequent association was that of PCV2 with PRRSV (58 cases), followed by that with P. multocida (36 cases) and M. hyopneumoniae (38 cases). These results show that PCV2 is widely present in pigs with PRDC and that respiratory disease in most pigs with PRDC is caused by more than one pathogen. The involvement of PCV2 in PRDC should be further investigated.
