Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome
Porcine Circoviral Disease (PCVD) and Porcine Circovirus Associated Disease (PCVAD), is a disease seen in domestic pigs. This disease causes illness in piglets, with clinical signs including progressive loss of body condition, visibly enlarged lymph nodes, difficulty in breathing, and sometimes diarrhea, pale skin, and jaundice. PCVD has been reported from most pig-producing countries of the world at huge cost to agriculture. PCVD is caused by porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2).
PCVD is named Postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome ("PMWS") formerly. Because PCVD can cause other diseases other than PMWS and the "waste" may has negative impact on perceptions of the industry from consumers. The North American industry endorses "PCVAD" and European use "PCVD" to describe this disease.
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