Correlation between antibody response against porcine epidemic diarrhea virus in sows and their offspring under field conditions.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

Thai pig farmers have suffered huge financial losses from porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) since 2007. PED, caused by the PED virus (PEDV), leads to severe diarrhea, vomiting, and subsequent dehydration in suckling piglets. Lactogenic immunity derived from colostrum and milk is very important because immunoglobulins (Ig) cannot cross the placenta in pregnant sows. The aim of this study was to investigate the immunological correlation of the sample-to-positive (S/P) ratios of IgA and IgG against PEDV between colostrum, sow serum, and their piglet serum.

Materials and methods

A total of 43 sows were divided into three groups according to the experience of PEDV infection: Negative sow group (n=7) and treatment group (n=36, sows previously infected with PEDV).

SUBMITTER: Boonsoongnern P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8304444 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature