Study: Porcine circovirus type 2 transmission to piglets

Abstract Researchers from the Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Minnesota have studied the multiple routes of porcine circovirus type 2 transmission to piglets in the presence of maternal immunity. The following is an abstract from the study. Porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2), the cause of porcine circovirus-associated disease (PCVAD), is widespread in swine farms throughout the United States with vaccine controlling disease, but not eliminating infection. We examined the PCV2 virologi