Porcine Health Management

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Diagnosis of Porcine cytomegalovirus by qPCR

Porcine cytomegalovirus (PCMV) inhabit the nasal cavity of pigs and can cause rhinitis. Detection of inclusion bodies by histopathology has been the gold standard when diagnosing PCMV. As PCMV are present in the nasal fluid of a high proportion of healthy...
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Abstract
Year
2019
Topic
Virology and Viral Diseases
Affiliation
SEGES Pig Research Center

PRRS 'Piglet Monitor' in Northern Belgium

Pig farms in Northern Belgium (Flanders) are often endemically infected with PRRSV. DGZ developed “Piglet Monitoring”, a voluntary project, to provide swine veterinarians with a tool to determine the PRRS status of the herds.
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Abstract
Year
2019
Topic
Virology and Viral Diseases
Affiliation
Animal Health Care Flanders, Lier, Belgium

Introduction of PCV2-vaccination in a sow farm and effects on virus load in blood and saliva samples

Due to good herd health in a herd of 600 SPF sows porcine Circovirus Type2 (PCV2) vaccination was deferred. Four years later and after diagnosis of porcine Circovirus disease (PCVD), intradermal vaccination was started with Porcilis® PCV ID. Aim of the...
Type
Abstract
Year
2019
Topic
Virology and Viral Diseases
Affiliation
vet practice

EVALUATION OF PORCINE EPIDEMIC DIARRHEA VIRUS (PEDV) SEROPREVALENCE IN FRANCE IN 2018

In France, four cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) were detected from 2014 to 2017 caused by moderate pathogenic “S-InDel” strains. PED caused by highly pathogenic “S-non-InDel” PEDV strains is notifiable in France and no case has been...
Type
Abstract
Year
2019
Topic
Virology and Viral Diseases
Affiliation
ANSP – 5 rue Lespagnol, 75020 Paris

Swine Influenza - results from routine diagnostics

Influenza A virus (IAV) causes a respiratory disease in swine with high morbidity but low mortality. IAV is divided into subtypes defined by the combination of the surface glycoproteins hemagglutinin (18 HA) and neuraminidase (11 NA). In Europe, the most...
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Abstract
Year
2019
Topic
Virology and Viral Diseases
Affiliation
IVD Innovative Veterinary Diagnostics (IVD GmbH)

Discovering the door opener for PRRS in two negative farms with Bioportal: Case report

This survey analyzed routine diagnostic results both serologically, by ELISA and hemagglutination inhibition (HI) test, and by real-time RT-PCR.
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Abstract
Year
2019
Topic
Virology and Viral Diseases
Affiliation
Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health España

Overcoming the practical limitations of PRRS ORF5 sequencing

Porcine Respiratory and Reproductive Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) genomic variation determined by sequencing is used to understand virus epidemiology and to drive control strategies, with nucleotide sequence analysis of the ORF5 gene as the cornerstone of virus...
Type
Abstract
Year
2019
Topic
Virology and Viral Diseases
Affiliation
HIPRA, Amer (Girona), Spain

Use of oropharyngeal swabs for porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus diagnostics and surveillance

Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome (PRRS) is an important economic disease in the swine industry worldwide. PRRS virus (PRRSv) monitoring and surveillance is crucial in control and elimination programs. The use of oropharyngeal swabs (OP) and...
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Abstract
Year
2019
Topic
Virology and Viral Diseases
Affiliation
Veterinary Population Medicine Department, University of Minnesota, USA

Characteristics of PCV2 infection dynamic relative to the age of pigs in three EU countries

The aim of this survey was to describe the prevalence of PCV2 and the infection patterns with the special attention to early infections in young piglets. The homogeneity and level of maternal immunity was studied.
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Abstract
Year
2019
Topic
Virology and Viral Diseases
Affiliation
Ceva

PCV2d-2 virus detected in the Netherlands

At the moment PCV2 can be divided into five genotypes known as PCV2a, b, c, d and e. An ongoing shift from PCV2a to PCV2b to PCV2d has been reported in many countries. The objective of this study was to identify the strains present in some clinical cases...
Type
Abstract
Year
2019
Topic
Virology and Viral Diseases
Affiliation
Ceva Santé Animale B.V., Naaldwijk, The Netherlands

Epidemiological surveillance and characterization of influenza A viruses (IAV) in Spanish and Portuguese pig farms

The aim of this study was to determine the diversity of IAV from clinical outbreaks in pig farms of Spain and Portugal as well as from active surveillance.
Type
Abstract
Year
2019
Topic
Virology and Viral Diseases
Affiliation
Departament de Sanitat i Anatomia animals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193, Barcelona

Detection and genotyping of PCV-2 and detection of PCV-3 in serum samples from different European farms

Besides the considered non-pathogenic Porcine circovirus 1 (PCV-1) and PCV-2 as the cause of systemic and reproductive problems, a novel circovirus (PCV-3) with an unknown infection outcome was described in 2015. The present work aimed at the detection...
Type
Abstract
Year
2019
Topic
Virology and Viral Diseases
Affiliation
IRTA, Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA, IRTA-UAB), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain

USE OF BIOPORTAL IN A PRRSV OUTBREAK IN A SPANISH FARM

New introduction of isolates and the evolving dynamics of the PRRS virus can be monitored by the consistent sequence of the diagnosis. Thus, the aim of this work is monitoring the isolates in a farm level by using Bioportal software.
Type
Abstract
Year
2019
Topic
Virology and Viral Diseases
Affiliation
Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health España, Spain.

Molecular characterization of Rotavirus B and Rotavirus C strains isolated from neonatal diarrhea outbreaks in Catalonia

Rotaviruses B (RVB) and C (RVC) have been reported to cause neonatal diarrhea worldwide. Nevertheless, there are few reports concerning the molecular characterization of porcine isolates in Europe. The aim of this study was to deep-sequence and...
Type
Abstract
Year
2019
Topic
Virology and Viral Diseases
Affiliation
Departament de Sanitat i Anatomia Animals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain.

Cell death phenomena assessment in the thymus of piglets infected with PRRSV-1 strains of different virulence

In the last decade, the number of outbreaks caused by virulent PRRSV strains has increased in Europe, Asia and North America. The virulence of these strains is not only evident in the lung, but also in the lymphoid organs, mainly in thymus and bone...
Type
Abstract
Year
2019
Topic
Virology and Viral Diseases
Affiliation
Department of Anatomy and Comparative Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cordoba, Spain