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Repeated examination of natural sapovirus infections in pig litters raised under experimental conditions.

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Author

  • Klara Tølbøll Lauritsen
  • Mette Sif Hansen
  • Christina K Johnsen
  • Gregers Jungersen
  • Blenda Böttiger

Summary, in English

Porcine sapovirus, belonging to the family Caliciviridae, is an enteric virus that is widespread in the swine industry worldwide. A total of 14 sapovirus genogroups have been suggested and the most commonly found genogroup in swine is genogroup III (GIII). The goal of the present experiment was to examine the presence of sapovirus in 51 naturally infected pigs at two different time points. The pigs were kept under experimental conditions after weaning. Previous studies on sapovirus have primarily been of a cross sectional nature, typically prevalence studies performed on farms and abattoirs. In the present study, faecal samples, collected from each pig at 5½ weeks and 15-18 weeks of age, were analysed for sapovirus by reverse transciptase polymerase chain reaction and positive findings were genotyped by sequencing.

Publishing year

2015

Language

English

Pages

60-60

Publication/Series

Acta veterinaria Scandinavica

Volume

57

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

BioMed Central (BMC)

Topic

  • Pathobiology

Status

Published

Research group

  • Clinical Microbiology, Malmö

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0044-605X