title: First report of post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome and porcine dermatitis and nephropathy syndrome in pigs in Greece.
abstract: Post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) and porcine dermatitis and nephropathy syndrome (PDNS) are two recently described conditions of pigs at the late nursery and fattening stages. The aim of this short communication was to describe the first reported occurrence of these conditions and of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) infection in Greece. The clinical signs, gross post-mortem changes and histopathological changes observed in affected pigs, were similar to those previously described for both PDNS and PMWS. As in previous reports, the lesions were associated with PCV2 infection, which was demonstrated by immunohistochemical and in situ hybridization methods.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Productive Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saoulidis
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Kyriakis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lekkas
authors.forename: Ch C
authors.initials: ChC
authors.lastname: Miliotis
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Allan
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Balkamos
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Papoutsis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018173:Circoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017925:Circovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003872:Dermatitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D019318:Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D019316:Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015995:Prevalence; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D019282:Wasting Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014886:Weaning