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Pathological insights of porcine circovirus 2 infection in domestic pigs and molecular characterization of field virus.
Microbial pathogenesis - 1 Nov 2026
Thomas Thesni M, Jana Chandrakanta, Singh Deepti, Kumar Mukesh, Karikalan M, Saikumar G, Pawaiya R V S
Abstract excerpt
Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) poses a major threat to global pig industry by causing growth retardation, immunosuppression, co-infections and mortality. PCV2 has high mutation rate and it causes several clinical manifestations and diverse pathological lesions. Therefore, routine disease surveillance is necessary to understand epidemiology, genetic variations and pathology. The study was conducted to...
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- Animals
- Circovirus
- Swine
- Circoviridae Infections
- Swine Diseases
- Phylogeny
- Genotype
