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Vaccination
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Disease Information
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.


PMWS Research Archives

Published Saturday, October 15, 2011: Virus Res. 2011 Oct 15. [Epub ahead of print]
Porcine Circovirus Type 2 and its Associated Diseases in China.
Ge X, Wang F, Guo X, Yang H.
Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) has been recognized as an important vial pathogen for global swine industry. The virus is associated with postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) and other syndrome diseases collectively known as porcine circovirus-associated disease (PCVAD). PCV2 infection and PMWS have caused great impact on the pig production in China during the past 10 years. This review will involve in the history of PCVAD, serological epidemiology of PCV2 infection, and clinical aspect of PCVAD, and the genomic characteristics, variation and genotyping of PCV2, as well as control situation of PCVAD in China.

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