First detection and phylogenetic analysis of porcine circovirus type 2 in raccoon dogs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) is a major emerging virus of porcine circovirus-associated disease (PCVAD), which has brought huge economic losses to the global pig industry. Pigs are well known as the natural reservoir of PCV2. Recently, many researchers have revealed PCV2 could infect many other mammals like mice, calves, minks, dogs and goats. In 2018, our laboratory has admitted six cases of raccoon dogs from Qinhuangdao city of China, which were characterized by inappetence, lethargy, depression, abortion, and sterility.

Results

At last, six raccoon dog-origin PCV2 strains were isolated in this study. Pairwise-sequence comparisons demonstrated that the six raccoon dog-origin PCV2 strains shared a nucleotide similarity of 92.1-99.8% among 40 PCV2 representati

SUBMITTER: Song T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6454600 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature