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. 2018 Dec 12;5:315. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2018.00315

Table 4.

Clinical signs reported in PCV-3 PCR positive animals according to production phase in different clinical/pathological scenarios.

Disorders Production phase Clinical signs - disease Control group-healthy animals Reference
Reproductive Sows •Increase in the sow mortality; decrease in the conception rates; mummified fetuses
•Aborted fetuses, stillborn
•Abortion, mummified fetuses; reproductive failure; decrease of neonatal rate
NA NA NA Palinski et al. (21) Faccini et al. (75) Ku et al. (70)
Respiratory Lactation Weaning Weaning Fattening Fattening •Dyspnea
•Anorexia, fever, icterus, abdominal breathing
•Cough, softly panting, abdominal breathing
•Respiratory signs
•Porcine respiratory disease complex (PRDC)
NA NA Yes* NA NA Phan et al. (22) Shen et al. (99) Zhai et al. (87) Phan et al. (22) Kedkovid et al. (91)
Cardiovascular Weaning •Anorexia, weight loss, swollen joints NA Phan et al. (22)
Gastrointestinal Weaning •Diarrhea Yes* Zhai et al. (87)
Systemic Weaning •Wasting
•Periweaning failure-to-thrive syndrome (PFTS)
Yes* Yes* Stadejek et al. (77) Franzo et al. (100)
Neurological Lactation Lactation •Neurological signs
•Congenital tremors
NA NA Phan et al. (22) Chen et al. (101)
Others Fattening Sows •Rectal prolapse
•PDNS
NA NA Phan et al. (22) Palinski et al. (21)

NA, not available in the published study;

*

PCV-3 positivity in lower frequency than diseased animals.