Enfermedades asociadas al circovirus porcino tipo 2 (PCAVD).

Abstract

the pig farm of the San Pablo Agrarian Station of the National University of Colombia, Medellín, within the activities programmed during the internships, various symptoms presented in some of the production animals were attended, among them a piglet was evidenced in the pre-fattening stage with variable symptoms, it presented a fever of 40°c, incoordination when walking, later it prostrated itself and could not get up, it was also a pig that was underweight compared to the others, it was treated with Veta-Dicrysticin® antibiotic 2ml per five days and Finadyne® analgesic for three days, the animal showed progress in recovery, however approximately 8 days after the end of the treatment, the animal was found dead in the eastern pen where it was found; On the other hand, on the farm there were other cases of deaths in pre-faiting and fattening animals, where the symptoms they presented were related to emaciation in pre-faiting animals and dyspnea, cyanotic mucous membranes and death in fattening animals. In the autopsies performed, similar findings were found: enlarged mesenteric lymph nodes, full gallbladder, hemorrhagic bowel, areas of hemorrhage in the liver, splenomegaly, lung with hemorrhage areas, scar tissue, kidneys with color changes, and hemorrhage, samples were taken for histopathology, and the results showed that the findings were due to a viral cause by CVP2.