circovirus

circovirus

(ser'kō-vī-rŭs),
A genus of single-stranded DNA virus (family Circoviridae), various species of which cause potentially lethal infections in swine, fowls, pigeons, and psittacine birds.
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Alegre et al., "A genetically engineered chimeric vaccine against porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) improves clinical, pathological and virological outcomes in postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome affected farms," Vaccine, vol.
These include Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease circovirus, Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour and the introduced Chytrid fungus in amphibians.
Very recently, based on the genomewide study, DQB1 was identified with significant effects on the susceptibility to viral load of the porcine circovirus type 2b (PCV2b), representing 2.8% of the variation (Tosky et al., 2015).
T-factors are widely accepted and used around the world as animal health supplements, administered orally, to support immune systems and to prevent diseases in poultry and livestock, including: porcine circovirus, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, pseudorabies, swine mycoplasma pneumonia, swine fever, avian flu, Newcastle disease, avian infectious bronchitis, duck plague, and mycoplasma gallisepticum disease, stated the company.
PED often single or mixed infection with transmissible gastroenteritis of pigs, sometimes with porcine circovirus infection or bacterial infection (17-19).
Isolation genome phylogenetic analysis and in vitro rescue of a newly emerging porcine Circovirus Type 2.
(For the difference between kennel cough and canine influenza, as well as the newly identified circovirus, see sidebar.)
Wang, "Patterns and influencing factor of synonymous codon usage in porcine circovirus," Virology Journal, vol.
Sorden, "Characterization of immune response of young pigs to porcine circovirus type 2 infection," Viral Immunology, vol.
PPV is also shown to be an agent able to increase the effects of porcine circovirus type 2 infection in the clinical course of postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome [7], which is a significant disease in global swine production [8].