These objectives are listed in the order of their importance to the project.

1. To apply the information generated to the elimination and/or control of PCVD.
2. To initiate and maintain a proactive information dissemination programme aimed at all relevant stakeholders, including consumers, producers and policy makers.
3. To identify the common co-factors/triggers in epizootic PCVD scenarios necessary for the full development of clinical disease and evaluate the importance of air-born spread of PCVD/PMWS.
4. To determine the role of nutrition in the susceptibility/resistance to PCVD.
5. To determine the sites of replication of PCV2 and early pathogenesis of PCVDs.
6. To elucidate the early interactions of PCV2 virus with the host immune system.
7. To elucidate the role of porcine genetics in susceptibility/resistance to PCVD.
8. To determine the molecular processes of PCV2 replication (18 months) and virulence.
9. To standardise and harmonise and distribute reagents, and SOPs for use within the consortium.