Segalés: PCV2 and control measures continue to evolve
“Porcine circovirus type 2 systemic disease (PCV2-SD) was a devastating disease before vaccines,” said Joaquim Segalés, DVM, PhD, professor in the Department of Animal Health and Anatomy at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. “It wasn’t just mortality ⸺ it was the number of runts and pigs with lower weight gain. Vaccination was a huge added value for producers because more animals reached a proper slaughter weight. Even antibiotic expenses diminished significantly because PCV2-SD is an immunosuppressive disease. We have never been able to demonstrate real vaccine failure in the cases with which I’m familiar. Vaccination failure is another issue, which may be related to lack of proper conservation, application or timing of such application.”
16 February 2021
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