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  2. Porcine circovirus associated disease - Wikipedia

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    Porcine circoviral disease (PCVD), also known as porcine circovirus associated disease (PCVAD), is a disease seen in domestic pigs.This disease causes illness in piglets, with clinical signs including progressive loss of body condition, visibly enlarged lymph nodes, difficulty in breathing, and sometimes diarrhea, pale skin, and jaundice.

  3. Classical swine fever - Wikipedia

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    Classical swine fever (CSF) or hog cholera (also sometimes called pig plague based on the German word Schweinepest) is a highly contagious disease of swine (Old World and New World pigs). [4] It has been mentioned as a potential bioweapon .

  4. Category:Swine diseases - Wikipedia

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  5. Pseudorabies - Wikipedia

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    Aujeszky's disease, usually called pseudorabies in the United States, is a viral disease in swine that is endemic in most parts of the world. It is caused by pseudorabies virus ( PRV ). Aujeszky's disease is considered to be the most economically important viral disease of swine in areas where classical swine fever ( hog cholera ) has been ...

  6. SMEDI - Wikipedia

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    SMEDI (an acronym of stillbirth, mummification, embryonic death, and infertility) is a reproductive disease of swine caused by Porcine parvovirus (PPV) [1] and Porcine enterovirus. The term SMEDI usually indicates Porcine enterovirus , but it also can indicate Porcine parvovirus , which is a more important cause of the syndrome. [ 2 ]

  7. Swine vesicular disease - Wikipedia

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    Swine vesicular disease (SVD) is an acute, contagious viral disease of swine caused by swine vesicular disease virus, an Enterovirus. [1] It is characterized by fever and vesicles with subsequent ulcers in the mouth and on the snout , feet, and teats .

  8. Streptococcus suis - Wikipedia

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    Streptococcus suis is a peanut-shaped, Gram-positive bacterium, and an important pathogen of pigs. Endemic in nearly all countries with an extensive pig industry, S. suis is also a zoonotic disease, capable of transmission to humans from pigs.

  9. Suipoxvirus - Wikipedia

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    This in serious Swine pox cases can cause malformed hoofs and damage the ability for the pig to walk properly. In some extremely rare cases, the genetics of the animal can be changed by this disease but go unnoticed in terms of physical symptoms; this, if contracted by breeding pigs is very threatening for the potential baby piglets to be born.