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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

Friday, July 23, 2010
Efficacy of Simultaneous Use of PCV, Mycoplasma Vaccines
NETHERLANDS - Simultaneous (mixed) use of existing swine vaccines against porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2)...
Monday, July 12, 2010
Researchers Cooperate on PCV2 Immunity
EU - T. Kekarainen of the Autonomous University of Barcelona and co-authors from across Europe have publised...
Monday, July 12, 2010
First PCV-2/M. Hyo Vaccine Combination Registered
EU - The EU Commission has approved the simultaneous use of the pig vaccines Ingelvac CircoFLEX® and...
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
PCV2 Link to Follicular Dendritic Cells
DENMARK - One or more tissues of 60 per cent of the pigs were positive for porcine circovirus type 2...

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Latest PMWS / PCVAD Technical Articles


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Latest Porcine Circovirus Research Papers

Published Feb 2010: Journal of Comparative Pathology Volume 142, Issues 2-3, February-April 2010, Pages 109-121
Occurrence and Tissue Distribution of Porcine Circovirus Type 2 Identified by Immunohistochemistry in Danish Finishing Pigs at Slaughter
M.S. Hansen, S.E. Pors, V. Bille-Hansen, S.K.J. Kjerulff and O.L. Nielsen
Infection with porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) may be subclinical or lead to the development of porcine circovirus disease (PCVD), which includes the entities of post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) and the porcine respiratory disease complex...

Published Feb 2010: Journal of Comparative Pathology, Volume 142, Issues 2-3, February-April 2010, Pages 228-234
Systemic Toxoplasmosis and Concurrent Porcine Circovirus-2 Infection in a Pig
S. Klein, M. Wendt, W. Baumgärtner and P. Wohlsein
Systemic toxoplasmosis and concurrent infection with porcine circovirus-2 (PCV-2) was diagnosed in a fattening pig. Clinical examination of the herd showed that up to 30% of the pigs of this weight group suffered from severe respiratory signs including...

Published Feb 2010: Veterinary Microbiology, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 24 February 2010
Qualitative and Quantitative Distribution of PCV2 in Wild Boars and Domestic Pigs in Germany
Gerald Reiner, Bastian Bronnert, Corinna Hohloch, Christina Fresen, Ingo Haack, Hermann Willems, Manfred Reinacher
Porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2, the causative agent of postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) has been detected in North American and European wild boars at prevalences arguing for high circulation rates among populations. Systematic data on the...

Published Feb 2010: Veterinary Microbiology, Volume 141, Issues 1-2, 24 February 2010, Pages 22-30
Porcine Circovirus 2 (PCV2) Induces a Procoagulant State in Naturally Infected Swine and in Cultured Endothelial Cells
Fernanda S. Marks, José Reck Jr., Laura L. Almeida, Markus Berger, André M.R. Corrêa, David Driemeier, David E.S.N. Barcellos, Jorge A. Guimarães, Carlos Termignoni, Cláudio W. Canal
Porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2) is the primary causative agent of porcine circovirus disease (PCVD). PCVD is an emerging disease that has been reported worldwide, associated with wasting, lymphoid depletion, enteritis, pneumonia, vasculitis, ischemic lesions,...

Published Feb 2010: Veterinary Microbiology, Volume 141, Issues 1-2, 24 February 2010, Pages 194-195
Corrigendum to “A Proposal on Porcine Circovirus Type 2 (PCV2) Genotype Definition and their Relation with Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome (PMWS) Occurrence” [Vet. Microbiol. 128 (2008) 23–25]
L. Grau-Roma, E. Crisci, M. Sibila, S. López-Soria, M. Nofrarías, M. Cortey, L. Fraile, A. Olvera, J. Segalés

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