Table 3.
Daya | Pig age, d | Pig weight | Starter diet | Vaccineb | Challengec | Blood sampled | Nasal swabe |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 21 | √ | √ | √ | |||
3 | 24 | √ | √ | ||||
7 | 28 | √ | √ | ||||
14 | 35 | √ | √ | ||||
21 | 42 | √ | |||||
35 | 56 | √ | √ | ||||
48f | 69 | √ | |||||
63 | 84 | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||
78 | 99 | √ | √ | ||||
83g | 104 | √ | |||||
114 | 135 | √ | |||||
117 | 138 | √ | √ | ||||
145 | 166 | √ | |||||
146h | 167 | √ | √ |
aDay of experiment
bPigs were injected with either vaccine or saline
cOne pig per pen was inoculated intranasally with PCV2 culture
dBlood samples were collected from two pigs per pen for ELISA analysis for antibodies against PCV2 and MHYO and PCR for PCV2
eNasal swab samples were collected from two pigs per pen for PCR for MHYO
fAll pigs were moved from nursery to grower facility at IRTA on d 48
gAll pigs were moved from grower facility at IRTA to a commercial finishing farm d 83
hCarcass data was recorded d 159 for pigs classified at the abattoir