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Aetiology, pathogenesis and immunology of porcine PMWS

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Project partners: Royal Veterinary College, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), BPEX, Pfizer Ltd (UK) and BioBest

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Epidemiology

Immunology

Disease model

Latest news!

• Farm level risk factors associated with severity of post-weaning multi-systemic wasting syndrome Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Volume 101, Issues 3-4, 1 September 2011, Pages 182-191
• New research published today (8 July) has identified the factors that make some farms more likely to develop an economically devastating pig disease. The research could help to outline best practice husbandry to enable farmers to optimise animal welfare and maintain production. Read more here. Reference: Alarcon, P., et al., Farm level risk factors associated with severity of post-weaning multi-systemic wasting syndrome. PREVET (2011), doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.06.001
  
• New Research into Action factsheet - download here
• Estimation of PMWS severity on your farm: download the excel 'calculator' here
• Preventative Veterinary Medicine: Assessment and quantification of post-weaning multi-systemic wasting syndrome severity at farm level
• PLoS Currents: Prevalence and risk factors for swine influenza virus infection in the English pig population

Coming soon...

• Investigation of risk factors following an outbreak of PMWS on a large commercial pig farm in the UK
• Risk factors for PMWS from 147 farms

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Links

Control of Porcine Circovirus Associated Diseases (PCVDs): Towards improved food quality and safety: http://www.pcvd.net/ 

The Pig Site - PMWS and PCVD Forum: http://www.thepigsite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7