Postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) in Sweden from an exotic to an endemic disease

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 122-137

  Belak K ^a,b   Ehlorsson, C J ^c   Bergstrom G ^c   Lindberg, M ^c   Fossum, C ^b   Allan, G M ^d   Robertsson, J A ^c  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Animal Health Service   (Sweden)

^d AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circovirus; Epidemiology; Mortality; Multifactorial diseases; Pigs; Porcine circovirus type 2 infections; Postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome; Semen; Spread; Sweden; Swine diseases; Transmission; Viral diseases; Wasting

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GROWTH PROMOTOR; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BREEDING; CIRCOVIRIDAE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISINFECTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FOOD COMPOSITION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HERD; HUMAN; IMMATURITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PORCINE CIRCOVIRUS 2; POSTWEANING MULTISYSTEMIC WASTING SYNDROME; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REARING; SWEDEN; SWINE DISEASE; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WASTING SYNDROME;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CIRCOVIRUS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASES; PORCINE POSTWEANING MULTISYSTEMIC WASTING SYNDROME; SWEDEN; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; CIRCOVIRUS; PORCINE CIRCOVIRUS 2; SUIDAE;

EID: 38649116654     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.2007.9695238     Document Type: Article

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