PCV3 may be associated with humpy backs in pigs

Porcine circovirus 3 (PCV3) might have a connection to the development of bone issues like a humpy back posture in pigs. Swiss researchers observed pigs with the posture and discovered that many of the animals tested positive for PCV3. The scientists, attached to the Vetsuisse-Faculty at the University of Zurich, were confronted with 36 piglets with identical unusual symptoms between March 2023 and August 2024. The symptoms included spinal deformities, thickened ribs, facial oedema and a “p