Porcine Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome
"Porcine Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D053570
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.256.200.500 C22.905.690
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