A cohort study of post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome and PCV2 in 178 pigs from birth to 14 weeks on a single farm in England

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 100-106

  Woodbine, K A ^a   Turner, M J ^a   Medley, G F ^a   Scott, P D ^a   Easton, A J ^a   Slevin, J ^a   Brown, J C ^a   Francis, L ^a   Green, L E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibody; Antigen; Clinical signs; Cohort; PCV2; PMWS; Porcine circovirus type 2; Post mortem examination; Post weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CIRCOVIRUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTING SYNDROME; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CIRCOVIRUS; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; WASTING SYNDROME; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

CIRCOVIRUS; PORCINE CIRCOVIRUS 2; SUIDAE;

EID: 77958165102     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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