Circovirus
Synonyms
Beak and feather disease virus
Circovirus, Porcine
Circoviruses, Porcine
Porcine Circovirus
Porcine Circoviruses
A genus of the family CIRCOVIRIDAE that infects SWINE; PSITTACINES; and non-psittacine BIRDS. Species include Beak and feather disease virus causing a fatal disease in psittacine birds, and Porcine circovirus causing postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome in pigs (PORCINE POSTWEANING MULTISYSTEMIC WASTING SYNDROME).