Laboratory diagnostics: Parvovirus
What laboratory diagnostic methods can I use to diagnose parvovirus? Which one should I choose according to the situation? How do I interpret the results?
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Parvovirus evolution: implication of the new strains
Porcine Parvovirus was thought to be genetically stable, but now we know that it exists in a variety of forms, raising fresh questions about its control in sow herds.
Porcine parvovirus is changing: Implications
Pork producers and veterinarians need to be aware that the porcine parvovirus (PPV) has been evolving into new strains.
Clinical case: One clinical picture of parvovirus, two separate causes
The farmer, alarmed, calls us describing a clinical picture of abortions in the last third of gestation, weak newborn piglets, stillbirths, mummified piglets, agalactia, sows with fever and small litters.
Clinical case: Abortion outbreak - an old favourite returns
The “normal” sporadic and unexplained abortion rate in pigs is approximately 1 to 2 % of pigs that are mated and achieve a pregnancy.
Etiology: porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2)... where is "agent X"?
Porcine circovirus type 2 is a viral agent with a relatively simple structural organization of which there are two distinct genotypes (1 and 2), it is not clear if they have similar virulence. Since some years ago there has been a hypothesis developing that there exists an “agent X” that would play a role as a trigger factor of the disease in 100% of cases.