Prevention and control of porcine circovirus[Circovirus]Joaquim Segalés We may have some highly efficient vaccines, but we shouldn’t forget that for their application we must obtain good diagnostic information, and that in all cases we should not lose sight of good management and a good control of the concomitant diseases. |
Risk and/or triggering factors of porcine circovirus[Circovirus]Joaquim Segalés Between 1995 and 1997, at the beginning of an epizootic called “maladie de l’amagrissement du porcelet” (MAP), it was observed that the farms that were most affected and that had the most losses, generally presented obvious deviations from what we would consider to be a suitable management of the animals and facilities. This is why Dr. François Madec made a list of management practices with the aim of improving the anomalous situation observed. |
Swine influenza: epidemiology and emergence of new viruses[What the experts say ]Stan Done The first swine influenza viruses were all H1N1 and were for about 60 years in North America. In the middle 1980’s, there appeared in European pigs H3N2 viruses that were derived originally from humans and had adapted to pigs and were therefore known as human-like H3N2 viruses. These viruses have since appeared in other parts of the world most notably as H3N2 in the USA in 1998. These viruses however contained bits of human, avian and swine viruses and were therefore called triple re-assortants. |
Immunology against PCV2: What difference is there between a subclinically affected animal and an animal with porcine circovirus?[Circovirus]Joaquim Segalés Pigs that are not affected by the disease tend to have a quantity of sero-neutralizing (and also total) antibodies against PCV2, which is significantly greater than those that cause disease |
PORCILIS PCV swine vaccine against porcine circovirus type 2 infection launched in Europe[Company news]Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health today announces the introduction in Europe of its PORCILIS PCV vaccine against porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) infection. The launch of this new subunit vaccine was celebrated this week with a dedicated scientific event near Lisbon (Portugal), attracting hundreds of veterinarians from all over Europe. |
The European Porcine-Circovirus-Research-Award honours scientists from Denmark, France and Netherlands[Company news]Dr Lars Erik Larsen from the Danish National Veterinary Institute in Copenhagen, Dr Nicolas Rose from the French Agency For Food Safety in Ploufragan and Dr Gerard Wellenberg from the Dutch Animal Health Service in Deventer are the winners of this year2E8s European Porcine-Circovirus Research Award. |
Diagnosis of porcine circovirus: individual and farm criteria[Circovirus]Joaquim Segalés The aim of this article is to discuss those differentiating topics which are relevant from a practical point of view and which in some way elude the disease's definition. |
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