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A PMWS update (Jake Waddilove)
ABOUT PMWS & PDNS
National Pork Board PMWS Fact Sheet
About PDNS (Jake Waddilive)
CEI Emerging Disease Notices: PMWS / PDNS
Conference and meetings archive
Case Histories
Yorkshire Farm, UK - Mike Muirhead - Final Update, June 2002
Mike Muirhead's case history of a Yorkshire farm with PMWS and PDNS.
 
East Anglia Farm, UK - Philip Richardson
This paper charts the course and effects of the disease on a single herd as well as highlighting the economic impact.
Photographs
Clinical signs
Photos of the clinical signs that are seen generally in pigs with PMWS and PDNS. Includes skin lesions, enlarged lymph glands, wasting and dead pigs.
 
Post mortem (1)
Photos of the signs that are seen in post-mortem samples of pigs with PMWS and PDNS. Includes interstitial pneumonia, secondary bacterial infection, enlarged lymph nodes, oedema and intra cytoplasmic inclusions
 
Post mortem (2)
More Photos of the signs that are seen in post-mortem samples of pigs with PMWS and PDNS.


Latest PCVAD / PMWS News

Wednesday, June 10, 2009
NADIS Veterinary Report & Forecast - May 2009
UK - This is a monthly report from the National Animal Disease Information Service (NADIS), looking at...
Thursday, May 28, 2009
UK Trial Shows Reduced Mortality in Vaccinated Pigs
UK - Boehringer Ingelheim are a company dedicated to innovation in swine health and were the first company...
Friday, May 22, 2009
Study on Replication of Porcine Circoviruses
FRANCE - Porcine circoviruses (PCV) have been found to replicate in a way similar to plasmids and single-stranded...
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
World Swine Vaccine Market Driven by PCV2 Vaccination
GLOBAL - PCV2 vaccination has driven the pig vaccine market, according to Boehringer Ingelheim....

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Latest PMWS / PCVAD Technical Articles


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Latest Porcine Circovirus Research Papers

Published Sep 2009: Journal of Virological Methods, Volume 160, Issues 1-2, September 2009, Pages 210-214
Multiplex PCR and Multiplex RT-PCR for Inclusive Detection of Major Swine DNA and RNA Viruses in Pigs with Multiple Infections
Hirohito Ogawa, Osamu Taira, Takuya Hirai, Hiromi Takeuchi, Aki Nagao, Yoshiki Ishikawa, Kotaro Tuchiya, Tetsuo Nunoya, Susumu Ueda
Multiplex PCR and multiplex RT-PCR were developed to identify nine viruses in pigs with multiple infections. These viruses are: porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2), suid herpesvirus 1, porcine parvovirus (PPV), porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome...
Published Aug 2009: Preventive Veterinary Medicine - Volume 90, Issues 3-4, 1 August 2009, Pages 168-179
Individual risk factors for Post-weaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome (PMWS) in pigs: A hierarchical Bayesian survival analysis
N. Rose, E. Evenoa, B Graslanda, A.Nignol, A. Oger, A. Jestin and F. Madec
Risk factors for Post-weaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome (PMWS) at the pig level were identified using data from a longitudinal study in seven PMWS-affected farms in France. In each farm, a representative sample of 120 pigs (180 in one farm) was randomly...
Published Aug 2009: Research in Veterinary Science - Volume 87, Issue 1, August 2009, Pages 157-160
Detection of porcine Circovirus type 2 (PCV2) variants PCV2-1 and PCV2-2 in Brazilian pig population
Ciacci-Zanella JR, Simon NL, Pinto LS, Viancelli A, Fernandes LT, Hayashi M, Dellagostin OA, Esteves PA.
In the present study whole genome of six Brazilian isolates of PCV2 were sequenced, analyzed and compared with 35 other sequences (24 from other countries and 17 from Brazil). The phylogenetic analysis showed that mostly Brazilian variants of PCV2 were...
Published Jul 2009: Veterinary Microbiology - Volume 138, Issues 1-2, 2 July 2009, Pages 53-61
Pig-major Acute Phase Protein and Haptoglobin Serum Concentrations Correlate with PCV2 Viremia and the Clinical Course of Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome
L. Grau-Roma, P.M.H. Heegaard, C.K. Hjulsager, M. Sibila, C.S. Kristensen, A. Allepuz, M. Piñeiro, L.E. Larsen, J. Segalés, and L. Fraile
The aim of the present longitudinal study was to assess the evolution of two acute phase proteins (APPs), pig-major acute phase protein (pig-MAP) and haptoglobin (HPT), in serum from pigs that developed postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS)...
Published Jun 2009: Veterinary Microbiology - Available online 11 June 2009
Prevalence of Swine Torque Teno Virus Genogroups 1 and 2 in Japanese Swine with Suspected Post Weaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome and Porcine Respiratory Disease Complex
Osamu Tair, Hirohito Ogawa, Aki Nagaoa, Kotaro Tuchiya, Tetsuo Nunoya and Susumu Ueda
Torque teno virus (TTV) was first isolated from a human hepatitis patient in 1997. TTV was also identified in several animals, including pigs, cattle, sheep, cats and dogs. In this study, we analysed the prevalence of swine TTV genogroups 1 (TTV1) and...
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