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ABOUT PMWS & PDNS
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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.


PMWS Research Archives

Published Tuesday, November 01, 2005: Pig Journal Volume: 56 -
Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome (PMWS) Research in Denmark
P. Baekbo
In Denmark, much research on PMWS takes place in co-operation between the pig industry and public research institutes. Completed studies indicate that PMWS can be transmitted from pig to pig and that low levels of Vitamin E at weaning increase the risk of dying during the post-weaning period. Total depopulation/repopulation and autogeneous serum are options for controlling PMWS, whereas feed supplement with so-called immune stimulation substances seem to be of no effect. Ongoing studies focus on detecting possible risk factors for the development of PMWS and possible differences in virulence of PCV2 isolates. The studies also search for possible unknown infectious trigger agents for PCV2. Future research to be started in Denmark is mainly concentrated on a big EU project. Focus will be on epidemiology of PMWS, on genetic susceptibility and on control measures for PMWS. Furthermore, a small field study will be performed on the efficacy of Acetylsalicylic acid for reduction of post-weaning mortality in PMWS-affected herds.

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