Reproduction of postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) in immunostimulated and non-immunostimulated 3-week-old piglets experimentally infected with porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2)

Postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) in the Philippines: porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) detection and characterization.

Four swine facilities located in Northern Luzon, in the Philippines, showed lesions and clinical signs similar to those described in post weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS). Post-mortem and histopathological examination revealed the presence of typical lymphoid lesions caused by porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2). An in situ hybridization (ISH) technique allowed the detection of PCV2 n...

Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV-2) coinfections in US field cases of postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS).

The prevalence of different pathogens detected in combination with porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV-2) was studied retrospectively in field cases of postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) diagnosed at the Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Ames, Iowa, between January 2000, and September 2001. The presence of PCV-2 antigen in lymphoid tissues and/or lung, demonstrat...

Recognizing and diagnosing postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS)

http://www.aasp.org/shap/issues/v5n5/index.html ostweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) is a new disease first described in 1996.1,2 In the past 6–8, months the number of affected herds has grown considerably, and there are now confirmed cases in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, California, Iowa, Indiana, and Spain. Furthermore, since 1994, a similar syndrome—”wasting disease o...

Ear necrosis syndrome in weaning pigs associated with PCV2 infection: A case report

Porcine necrotic ear syndrome (PNES) in pigs has been reported as an increasing health problem in many countries with intensive pig farming. The etiology of this disease is complex and the presumed triggering factors can be divided into infectious and non-infectious agents. The present report describes a case of Porcine Circovirus type 2 (PCV2), infection associated with lesions of PNES at the ...

Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome Circovirus in Pigs with Postweaning Detection of a Novel Strain of Porcine