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Lessons Learned from Porcine Circovirus of Value in Addressing PED
2013-11-13 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - The chair of the Canadian Swine Health Board says lessons Canadian pork producers learned contending with Porcine Circovirus are helping them protect their herds from the devastating effects of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea, according to Bruce Cochrane.
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Probing How Porcine Circovirus Causes Disease
2013-11-01 15:41:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Virginia Tech A two-year, $150,000 postdoctoral fellowship grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will help a researcher in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine investigate how porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) depletes the lymphatic system and causes inflammation in pigs. PCV2 has been a global swine disease that has caused significant economic losses since its first discovery in the late 1990s. read more
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Merck Animal Health Introduces Next Generation of Circovirus Protection
2013-09-11 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Merck Animal Health is offering the first porcine circovirus Type 2 (PCV2) vaccine - Circumvent® PCV G2 - for use in pigs as early as three days of age.
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Merck Animal Health Introduces Next Generation of Circovirus Protection
2013-09-10 06:00:00| National Hog Farmer
Merck Animal Health has introduced the first porcine circovirus Type 2 (PCV2) vaccine, Circumvent PCV G2, for use in pigs as early as 3 days of age in a one- or two-dose formulation. The vaccine offers five-month duration of immunity (DOI), which the company claims is at least 25% longer than any other PCV2 vaccine on the market. read more
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Natural History of Porcine Circovirus Type 2
2013-09-02 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
SPAIN - A review published recently by researchers from the Research Centre for Animal Health (CReSA) summarizes current knowledge on the natural history of infection with porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) and related diseases.
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