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Porcine Circovirus Type 3 in Pig Farms Experiencing Diarrhea in Jiangxi, China: Prevalence, Genome Sequence and Pathogenicity.

ABSTRACT: Porcine circovirus 3 (PCV3) infections have been reported in different clinical presentations. However, the prevalence and pathogenicity of PCV3 associated with diarrhea in piglets have been limited. Herein, we present an investigation and genome analyses of PCV3 in piglets experiencing diarrhea, and observed clinical signs, gross lesions, and histological changes in pigs negative for all known pathogens associated with diarrhea but positive for PCV3 alone. Among the feces (n = 141) tested, 16.31% (23/141) were positive for PCV3. Of which, 27.28% (15/55) and 14.29% (5/35) were present in diarrheal samples from suckling and weaned piglets, respectively. Moderate to severe atrophic villi was confined in duodenum, jejunum, and ileum, and significantly decreased average heights of villi, and the depths of crypt were observed in PCV3-infected piglets. The complete genome of a representative strain of PCV3, designated as JX/CH/2018, was determined. Multialignment analysis indicated that JX/CH/2018 had 97.7-99.7% nucleotide identity at the complete genome level, and 97.2-100% at the amino acid level of the capsid protein when compared with reference PCV3 strains. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the PCV3 strain identified in this study belonged to PCV3a lineage. The present study demonstrated that PCV3 is a common virus in diarrheal suckling and weaned piglets.

SUBMITTER: Zhang F

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7762375 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Porcine Circovirus Type 3 in Pig Farms Experiencing Diarrhea in Jiangxi, China: Prevalence, Genome Sequence and Pathogenicity.

Zhang Fanfan F Yuan Weifeng W Li Zhiquan Z Zhang Yuhan Y Zeng Xiuxiu X Zhao Min M Ye Yu Y Ding Zhen Z He Houjun H Wu Qiong Q Song Deping D Tang Yuxin Y

Animals : an open access journal from MDPI 20201207 12

Porcine circovirus 3 (PCV3) infections have been reported in different clinical presentations. However, the prevalence and pathogenicity of PCV3 associated with diarrhea in piglets have been limited. Herein, we present an investigation and genome analyses of PCV3 in piglets experiencing diarrhea, and observed clinical signs, gross lesions, and histological changes in pigs negative for all known pathogens associated with diarrhea but positive for PCV3 alone. Among the feces (<i>n</i> = 141) teste ...[more]

PMID: 33297459

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