Sidler
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Completed research project
| Title / Titel | Prevalence and epidemiology of porcine circovirus type 2 ( PCV2) in Switzerland | ||||||||
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| Original title / Originaltitel | Epidemiologische Studie zur Verbreitung zur prociner Circovirus-Infektion in der Schweiz | ||||||||
| Summary / Zusammenfassung | Postweaning multisystemic wasting disease (PMWS) is reported in almost all pig producing countries around the world and is regarded as a major problem in pig production. In acute outbreaks overall postweaning mor-tality can reach 10% or more. Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) is considered by many to be the causative agent of PMWS. In affected herds the use of antibiotics will increase, animal welfare and meet quality will decrease, and po-tential zoonotic bacteria could accumulate more easily in animals with deprived immune systems. The report of the EU Scienitfic Veterinary Committee on "The welfare of Intensively kept pigs" noted that "diseases in pigs are of particular importance in welfare, since all disease result in poorer welfare, some disease condi-tions being worse than others" (1997). PMWS is a slow wasting disease syndrome, that debilitates pigs over long periods and falls therefore in the category of a serious welfare problem. In Switzerland PMWS has been epidemic since 2003 (Sydler and Buergi, 2004), however, no detailed data on PCV2 virus infection from the Swiss pig population are available. This lack of data should be comple-mented by epidemiological investigations to identify PMWS positive farms. Molecular epidemiological investi-gations are necessary to analyze the Swiss PCV2 strains. Molecular epidemiology could add information on possible genetic differences between PCV2 strains. |
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| Publications / Publikationen | Staebler S, Buergi E, Litzenberger B, McCullough K, McNair I, McNeilly F, Pospischil A, Sydler T. 2004. Por-cine circovirus a a possible cause of postwwaning wasting in pigs in Switzerland. Schweiz Arch Tierheilk, 146 (10): 461-469Staebler S, Sydler T, Buergi E, McCullough K, Mc Neilly F, Allan G, Pospischil A. accepted 2004. PMWS: an emerging disaes identified in archived porcine tissues. The Veterinary JournalSydler T, Buergi E: Remarks on the current PMWS situation in Switzerland (2004) . Schweiz Arch Tierheilk, 146 (10): 468 | ||||||||
| Keywords / Suchbegriffe | PMWS, PCV2, epidemiology, pathogenesis, genome analysis, molecular epidemiolgy, pig | ||||||||
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| Funding source(s) / Unterstützt durch |
Other Public Sources (e.g. Federal or Cantonal Agencies), Private Sector (e.g. Industry) Bundesamt für Veterinärwesen (BVET) Schwarzenburgerstrasse 161, 3001 Bern |
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| Duration of Project / Projektdauer | Jan 2006 to Dec 2008 |