Date Received: 23-08-2012 / Date Accepted: 16-12-2012 / Date Published: 02-07-2025
The aim of this study was to determine the main clinical signs and pathological lesions of pigs with PCV2 - associated PMWS. Thirty nine postweaning pigs with suspected PCV2-associated PMWS were collected from 16 farms in four Nothern provinces of Vietnam (Hanoi, Hoa Binh, Bac Giang and Hai Duong). Clinical signs included wasting with weight loss, ill-thrift and rough hair coat (100%), respiratory clinical signs (89.74%), jaundice (15.38%), diarrhea (23.08%), neurologic signs (10.26%) and dermatitis (20.51%). Gross lesion finding included body prominent backbone and swollen, hemorrhagic lympho nodes (ranging from 94.87% to 100%). Gross lesions could also be found in the tonsil (53.85%), lung (92.31%), liver (41.02%), kidney (30.77%), intestines (28.21%) and spleen (17.95%), and arthritis (7.69%). Microscopic lesions consisted of vasculitis and granulomatous inflammation with the forming of multinucleated giant cells in the lung, superficial inguinal lymph nodes, kidney and liver. Using nested PCR method, PCV2b antigen were positive in 94.87% of samples from suspected pigs.