PMWS and PDNS in the UK

UK - Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) Quarterly Surveillance report on PMWS and PDNS from April to June 2007.
calendar icon 28 August 2007
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Diagnoses of PMWS (as a percentage of relevant diagnostic submissions) were stable during the quarter compared with the same quarter last year for the first time since 2002 (see histogram). A similar pattern was recorded for the first quarter. The rate of 8.3% is still high but a significant fall from the peak for this quarter in 2002 at 29.9%.




% of submissions diagnosed with PMWS

Following a ZAP advisory visit PCV2 infection was considered an important predisposing factor for high rates of salmonella excretion in finishing pigs with wasting and respiratory disease at 15 weeks-old.

Diagnostic rates for PDNS remain stable for this quarter as for the previous three years.


% of submissions diagnosed with PDNS

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