NADIS Knowledge Transfer-PMWS & Circovirus Disease

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Disease associated with PCV2 in pigs:

	Is a specific, easily recognisable syndrome.
	Has evolved over time to a less specific picture
	Is easily diagnosed on clinical signs alone
	Only affects growing pigs
	All of these

PCV2 has the capacity to affect the breeding sow. Possible clinical signs include:

	Abortion
	Mummification
	Increase returns to service
	Increase in stillbirths
	All of these

A diagnosis of Porcine Circovirus Disease can be made from:(more than one answer may be correct)

	Typical clinical signs
	Post mortem lesions
	Serology (blood tests)
	Histopathology (microscopic tissue examination)
	All of these

Control and prevention of PCV2 disease can be achieved by:

	Attention to management practices
	Control of enzootic complicating diseases
	Reduced stocking density
	Vaccination
	All of these

When choosing between sow (indirect) and piglet (direct) vaccination for PCV2, which of the following factors must be considered:

	Presence of reproductive disease in sows
	Age of pigs affected
	Colostrum management
	Cost/ease of application
	All of these

Effective vaccination against PCV2 has been shown to give which TWO of the following effects on disease in growing pigs:

	Moves the age of the disease
	Eliminates disease
	Reduces mortality
	Improves evenness of growth

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