Table 1.
Percent of pigs displaying gross lesions at necropsy
| Lesions | Mock (group 1, n = 6) | PPV (group 2, n = 7) | PCV2-1010 + PPV (group 3, n = 10) | S-PCV2 + PPV Swe (group 4, n = 7) | S-PCV2 + PPV Den (group 5, n = 8) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lymphadenopathy | 17 | 14 | 90 | 100 | 100 |
| Jaundice | 30 | 57 | 13 | ||
| Enlarged liver | 14 | 40 | 71 | 63 | |
| Hypotrophic liver | 10 | ||||
| Enlarged spleen | 30 | 43 | 13 | ||
| Thymic atrophy | 30 | 43 | 25 | ||
| Gastric ulcer | 13 | ||||
| Ascites containing fibrin | 25 | ||||
| Pulmonary lesions | 30 | 100 | |||
| Congestive heart failure | 10 | ||||
| Enlarged kidneys | 10 | 13 | |||
| Haemorrhagic kidneys/haematuria | 29 |
The pigs were either controls, inoculated with virus-free cell lysate (mock) or PPV, or dually infected with PPV and a Canadian (PCV2-1010 + PPV) or Swedish (S-PCV2 + PPV) isolate of PCV2.