Three cases of postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) due to porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV 2) in Switzerland

Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV 2) was found in three five- and nine-week-old pigs from two feeder pig producer farms. Clinical signs were persistent diarrhea and wasting. The animals showed histomorphologic changes characteristic for "Postweaning Multisystemic Syndrome" (PMWS). One animal...

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Published inSchweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde Vol. 143; no. 5; p. 249
Main Authors Borel, N, Bürgi, E, Kiupel, M, Stevenson, G W, Mittal, S K, Pospischil, A, Sydler, T
Format Journal Article
LanguageGerman
Published Switzerland 01.05.2001
Subjects
Animals
Circoviridae Infections - pathology
Circoviridae Infections - veterinary
Circovirus - genetics
Circovirus - isolation & purification
Diarrhea - veterinary
DNA, Viral - analysis
In Situ Hybridization - veterinary
Liver - pathology
Liver - virology
Lymphoid Tissue - pathology
Lymphoid Tissue - virology
Swine
Swine Diseases - pathology
Swine Diseases - virology
Switzerland - epidemiology
Wasting Syndrome - pathology
Wasting Syndrome - veterinary
Wasting Syndrome - virology
Switzerland
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Summary:Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV 2) was found in three five- and nine-week-old pigs from two feeder pig producer farms. Clinical signs were persistent diarrhea and wasting. The animals showed histomorphologic changes characteristic for "Postweaning Multisystemic Syndrome" (PMWS). One animal had the typical basophilic intracytoplasmatic circoviral inclusion bodies in the Peyer's patches of the ileum. Circoviral DNA was detected in the lymphatic organs as well as in the liver. This case report is the first description of PCV 2 in Switzerland.
ISSN:0036-7281