Descriptive summary of an outbreak of porcine post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) in New Zealand

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 346-352

  Neumann, E J ^a   Dobbinson, S S A ^b   Welch, E B M ^c   Morris, R S ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Freshpork NZ Ltd   (New Zealand)

^c NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Disease investigation; Disease transmission; Pigs; Porcine circovirus; Post weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome; Respiratory disease

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CIRCOVIRIDAE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION; WASTING SYNDROME; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CIRCOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CIRCOVIRUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; NEW ZEALAND; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; WASTING SYNDROME; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; ARTERIVIRUS; CIRCOVIRIDAE; CIRCOVIRUS; CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PESTIVIRUS; PORCINE CIRCOVIRUS; PORCINE CIRCOVIRUS 2; PORCINE RESPIRATORY AND REPRODUCTIVE SYNDROME VIRUS; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 38549159618     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2007.36792     Document Type: Article

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