Porcine Circovirus Diseases Technical Articles
Article published the March 10, 2020:
Introduction
Historically, the impact of foreign animal diseases (FADs) on global livestock production and economics has been devastating [1]. In 1997, Taiwan and the Netherlands experienced outbreaks of Foot ...
Article published the April 6, 2017:
Introduction
The measure of the scientific quality and productivity of a particular researcher or research team has been traditionally a controversial issue. The topic is not trivial as it can be used by manag...
Article published the November 18, 2016:
Introduction
The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of a one-shot vaccination applied either at weaning or 3 days before weaning in a herd infected with M. hyopneumoniae (Mhyo) and oth...
Article published the May 3, 2016:
Background
Spray dried porcine plasma (SDPP) or spray dried bovine plasma (SDBP) has been used in nursery pig diets due to its documented beneficial effects on post-weaning growth, feed intake, morbidity ind...
Article published the November 6, 2015:
Introduction.
Porcine circovirus (PCV) type 2 (PCV2) was firstly characterized in 1998 as an agent systematically present within the lesions of a novel disease called postweaning multisystemic wastin...
Article published the May 9, 2012:
SIR, - Porcine multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) was initially identified and reported in pig herds in Canada a decade ago (Harding 1996); since then, it has been described worldwide, in...
Article published the May 9, 2012:
Postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS), also known as porcine circovirus associated disease (PCVAD) in North America, is an emerging disease of swine that was initially identified in h...
Article published the April 9, 2012:
Introduction
Porcine circoviruses (PCVs) are members of the genus Circovirus included in the family Circoviridae, which comprises small icosahedral non-enveloped viruses with a circular single-s...
Article published the October 13, 2010:
The pathogenesis of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) infections in pigs is still not completely understood. PCV2 has a tropism for lymphoid tissues where it is associated with depletion of follicles and histioc...
Article published the October 4, 2010:
Introduction Through the late 1990's and on into the present century the global swine industry experienced very profound changes. The price crash in 1997/98 was especially traumatic and the outbreaks of CSF and...