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Table 2 Study design schedule

From: Exploratory field study on the effect of Porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2) sow vaccination on serological, virological and reproductive parameters in a PCV2 subclinically infected sow herd

Population

First gestational cycle

Second gestational cycle

6 weeks pre-farrowing

3 weeks pre-farrowing

Farrowing

Weaning

AI

2 weeks pre-farrowing

Farrowing

Weaning

Sows

CS

CS

CS

CS

 

CS

CS

CS

T

T

   

T

  

BL

 

BL

BL

  

BL

 
  

RP

   

RP

 

Piglets

  

S

CS

  

S

CS

  

CS

   

CS

 
  

VI

   

VI

 
  1. AI artificial insemination, CS clinical signs, T treatment application, BL blood sampling, RP reproductive parameters assessment, S sex recording, VI vitality index