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High prevalence of porcine circovirus viremia in newborn piglets in five clinically normal swine breeding herds in North America.
Preventive veterinary medicine - 1 Dec 2010
Shen Huigang, Wang Chong, Madson Darin M, Opriessnig Tanja
Abstract excerpt
Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) can be vertically transmitted resulting in fetal infection with or without clinical signs and lesions. The primary objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of intrauterine PCV2 infection in clinically normal newborn piglets in conventional pork production facilities. Five commercial breeding herds located in the U.S. and Mexico were included in the study. A total of...
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