Current State of Knowledge on Porcine Circovirus Type 2-Associated Lesions

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-38

  Opriessnig, T ^a   Langohr, I ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

detection; microscopic lesions; porcine; porcine circovirus type 2; review

Indexed keywords

CIRCOVIRUS; DNA VIRUSES; PORCINE CIRCOVIRUS 2; SUIDAE; SUS; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

ANIMAL; CIRCOVIRUS; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; POSTWEANING MULTISYSTEMIC WASTING SYNDROME; SWINE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CIRCOVIRUS; PORCINE POSTWEANING MULTISYSTEMIC WASTING SYNDROME; SWINE;

EID: 84872864876     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0300985812450726     Document Type: Review

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