The partners would like to acknowledge the assistance of pig producers participating in the study, the staff who work on this programme and the EU Sixth Framework Programme for its support.

Funding

“The Control of Porcine Circovirus Diseases (PCVDs): Towards Improved Food Quality and Safety” research programme has been funded by the EU Sixth Framework Programme. In addition partners have in some cases funded staff costs and/or have received additional funding from national and regional governments and other funding bodies. The total investment in the project exceeds €6 million over 50% of which is through the EU Sixth Framework Programme.

The work of Partner 6 (University of Saskatchewan) is supported by funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

The work of Partner 10 (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences) is supported by fundings from FORMAS (the Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning), the Programme for Biology of Infection at the Veterinary Faculty, SLU, and SLF (the Swedish Farmers Foundation for Agricultural Research).

The work of Partner 16 (Danish Bacon & Meat Council) is supported by funding from the The National Committee for Pig Production, Danish Bacon & Meat Council.

The financial and in-kind contributions of the partner producer organisations, Committee of Professional Agricultural Organisations in the European Union (COPA); the Canadian Pork Council; the National Pork Board and the British Pig Executive towards the information dissemination from the programme of research is gratefully acknowledged.