Porcine circovirus as a possible cause of postweaning wasting in pigs in Switzerland

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 146, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 461-469

  Staebler, S ^a   Buergi, E ^a   Litzenberger, B ^a   McCullough, K ^b   McNair, I ^c   McNeilly, F ^c   Pospischil, A ^a   Sydler, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; PCV 2; Pig; PMWS; Wasting

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CIRCOVIRIDAE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROPATHY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAUNDICE; NONHUMAN; PALLOR; PIG FARMING; POLYARTHRITIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH ULCER; SWITZERLAND; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIRUS INFECTION; WASTING SYNDROME; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CIRCOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CIRCOVIRUS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; SWITZERLAND; WASTING SYNDROME; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; CIRCOVIRIDAE; CIRCOVIRUS; PORCINE CIRCOVIRUS; PORCINE CIRCOVIRUS 2; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 4944230815     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0036-7281.146.10.461     Document Type: Article

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