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Animal Diseases > Swine Diseases > Porcine Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome
Infections > Virus Diseases > DNA Virus Infections > Circoviridae Infections > Porcine Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome

Preferred term

Porcine Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A worldwide emerging disease of weaned piglets first recognized in swine herds in western Canada in 1997. This syndrome is characterized by progressive weight loss, rapid (tachypnea) and difficult (dyspnea) breathing, and yellowing of skin. PMWS is caused by PORCINE CIRCOVIRUS infection, specifically type 2 or PCV-2.

Entry terms

  • Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome, Porcine

In other languages

  • French

  • Maladie porcine PMWS
  • MAP (Maladie de l'Amaigrissement du Porcelet)
  • SDPM
  • SDPS
  • Syndrome de dépérissement post-sevrage
  • Syndrome de dépérissement postsevrage
  • Syndrome du dépérissement du porcelet
  • Syndrome du dépérissement postsevrage

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-K47MX3G3-D

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