Clinical and laboratory studies on herds affected with postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome in Denmark, France, Spain, and Sweden: Disease progression and a proposal for herd case definition

Journal of Swine Health and Production

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 129-136

  Grau Roma, L ^a,b   Baekbo, P ^c   Rose, N ^d   Wallgren, P ^e   Fraile, L ^a,f   Larsen, L E ^g   Segales J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE DE RECERCA EN SANITAT ANIMAL CRESA   (Spain)

^c Danish Agriculture and Food Council   (Denmark)

^d Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^e NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f IRTA   (Spain)

^g TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Porcine circovirus type 2; Postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome; Statistical process control; Swine

Indexed keywords

CIRCOVIRUS; PORCINE CIRCOVIRUS 2; SUIDAE;

EID: 84861312080     PISSN: 1537209X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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