Molecular survey of Cytomegalovirus shedding profile in commercial pig herds in Brazil

Authors

  • Maurício Cabral Dutra Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Luisa Zanolli Moreno Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Cristina Roman Amigo Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Maria Roberta Felizardo Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Thais Sebastiana Porfida Ferreira Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Tania Alen Coutinho Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Alexandre Abelardo Sanches Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Jason Ardila Galvis Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Marina Moreno Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Andrea Micke Moreno Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.7367

Keywords:

porcine cytomegalovirus, swine, PCR, shedding profile

Abstract

Introduction: Porcine cytomegalovirus (PCMV) causes rhinitis in both young and older pigs. The present study describes the detection and characterization of shedding profiles of PCMV in nine farrow-to-finish Brazilian swine herds.

Methodology: Tonsil swabs from sows, nursery and grow-finish pigs of nine farrow-to-finish commercial herds (n = 756) were evaluated for the presence of PCMV by PCR.

Results: The virus was detected in all herds. Positive samples were concentrated in piglets of ages varying from 40 to 60 days (nursery phase), while none of the sows were positive for PCMV detection.

Conclusions: These findings corroborate the literature regarding PCMV worldwide distribution, and introduce the first report of PCMV shedding profile in Brazilian pig farms.

Author Biography

Andrea Micke Moreno, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Professor of Veterinary School and Animal Science

Department of preventive veterinary medicine

Areas of swine health and production, zoonosis, foodborne diseases, molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance.

 

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Published

2016-11-24

How to Cite

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Dutra MC, Moreno LZ, Amigo CR, Felizardo MR, Ferreira TSP, Coutinho TA, Sanches AA, Galvis JA, Moreno M, Moreno AM (2016) Molecular survey of Cytomegalovirus shedding profile in commercial pig herds in Brazil. J Infect Dev Ctries 10:1268–1270. doi: 10.3855/jidc.7367

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