Comparison of serologic testing and slaughter evaluation for assessing the effects of subclinical infection on growth in pigs

OBJECTIVE: To compare serologic testing with slaughter evaluation in assessing effects of subclinical infection on average daily weight gain (ADG) in pigs. DESIGN: Cohort study. ANIMALS: 18 cohorts (30 to 35 pigs/cohort) of pigs on/farms. PROCEDURE: Blood samples were collected, and pigs were weighed at 8, 16, and 24 weeks of age. Sera were tested for antibodies to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), swine influenza virus (SIV), transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV), pseudorabies virus, Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, and Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae. At slaughter, skin, nasal turbinates, lungs, and liver were examined. Associations between ADG and results of serologic testing and slaughter evaluation were examined by use of multiple linear regression. RESULTS: Pathogens that had a significant effect on any given farm during any given year and the magnitude of that effect varied. However, at 16 and 24 weeks of age, a higher antibody titer was consistently associated with a lower ADG. Mean differences in ADG between seropositive and seronegative pigs were 18 g/d (0.04 lb/d) for SIV, 40 g/d (0.09 lb/d) for PRRSV, 38 g/d (0.08 lb/d) for M hyopneumoniae, and 116 g/d (0.26 lb/d) for TGEV. Of the evaluations performed at slaughter, only detection of lung lesions was consistently associated with a decrease in ADG. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Results suggest that subclinical infection with any of a variety of pathogens commonly found in swine herds was associated with a decrease in ADG. Serologic testing was more effective than slaughter evaluation in assessing the impact of subclinical infection on ADG in these pigs.     

2013-2014年广西省主要猪病毒性传染病流行病学调查

为掌握广西猪主要病毒性传染病流行情况,为猪传染病预防方案提供依据,本研究于2013年1月1日至2014年12月31日从广西省共收集410份样品,运用PCR及RT-PCR方法检测猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒(PRRSV)、猪圆环病毒2型(PCV-2)、猪瘟病毒(CSFV)、猪伪狂犬病毒(PRV)、猪流行性腹泻病毒(PEDV)、传染性胃肠炎病毒(TGEV)、轮状病毒(PORV)、猪流感病毒(SIV)的感染情况。检测结果表明,PRRSV、PCV-2、CSFV、PRV、PEDV、TGEV、 PORV和SIV的平均感染率分别为35.12%、18.54%、1.17%、0.98%、10.00%、2.44%、0和1.22%;PRRSV和PCV-2混合感染率为6.83%;PRRSV在秋、冬季节呈现高感染率为36.67%、45.31%和63.64%、48.78%,而PCV-2在春、夏、冬季节呈现高感染率为44.44%、25.00%,11.29%、19.35%和39.39%、14.63%。PRRSV和PCV-2是混合感染的主要病原,它们互相之间或是与CSFV、PEDV、PRV、SIV及副猪嗜血杆菌、链球菌等混合感染,PRRSV和PCV-2将是今后广西地区猪病防控的重点。     

SIV与PRRSV、CSFV、PCV-2和PRV交叉感染的检测

采用RT-PCR方法对37份疑似猪流感病毒(SIV)感染病料进行了病原学检测。同时,还运用PCR和RT-PCR方法对SIV阳性病料进行了猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒(PRRSV)、猪瘟病毒(CSFV)、猪圆环病毒2型(PCV-2)和猪伪狂犬病毒(PRV)目的基因片段的扩增。结果,扩增出了SIV特异目的基因片段,且4份病料都为混合感染,感染状况分别为SIV/PRRSV/PRV,SIV/CSFV/PRRSV三重感染,SIV/PCV-2和SIV/PRRSV二重感染。     

广西德保县黑猪主要疫病病原学和血清学检测

为了解德保黑猪主要疫病流行状况和免疫效果,2018—2020年采集166个德保黑猪饲养场点的300份病死猪样品进行非洲猪瘟(ASF)、猪瘟(CSF)、口蹄疫(FMD)、猪繁殖与呼吸综合征(PRRS)、猪伪狂犬病(PR)、猪圆环病毒病(PCV-2)、猪支原体病(PPLO)、猪传染性胸膜肺炎(PCP)、猪链球菌病(SS)、猪流行性腹泻(PED)、猪传染性胃肠炎(TGE)等11种主要疫病的病原学检测,2017—2020年采集35个场点的临床健康德保黑猪血清样品840份进行FMD、CSF、PRRS抗体检测。结果显示:PCV-2样品平均阳性检出率为68.3%,PRRS、PR、PED、PPLO、SS等疫病的病原阳性检出率分别为1.7%、1.0%、1.0%、0.3%、0.3%;CSF平均抗体阳性率为95.8%,而FMD、PRRS平均抗体阳性率较低,分别为79.3%、73.2%,且各年份变化较大。结果表明,德保黑猪主要疫病防控效果较好,大部分疫病得到有效控制,但PCV-2感染仍较严重,这是导致德保黑猪发病死亡以及FMD、PRRS免疫效果不佳的主要因素之一,需要重点加强控制。     

Isolation of a porcine respiratory, non-enteric coronavirus related to transmissible gastroenteritis

A porcine respiratory, non-enteric virus which is related to the coronavirus transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV) has been isolated in pigs and in cell culture. The isolate was designated TLM 83. It has become very widespread and enzootic among the swine population in Belgium and in other swine raising countries. It causes an infection of the lungs and appears to spread by aerogenic route. It does not replicate in the enteric tract. The experimental infection in conventional and gnotobiotic pigs in isolation remains subclinical. The infection, either experimental or in the field, results in the formation of antibodies which neutralise the classical enteric TGEV. Based on this relationship, this virus is assumed to be a new TGEV-related porcine respiratory coronavirus or TGEV itself which has totally lost its tropism for the enteric tract.     

Seroprevalence of economically important viral pathogens in swine populations of Trinidad and Tobago,West Indies

The objective of this study was to evaluate the seroprevalence and identify the strains of swine influenza virus (SwIV), as well as the seroprevalence of porcine parvovirus (PPV), transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV), porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), porcine respiratory coronavirus (PRCV), porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV-2), and classical swine fever virus (CSFV) in pigs in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T). Blood samples (309) were randomly collected from pigs at farms throughout T&T. Serum samples were tested for the presence of antibodies to the aforementioned viruses using commercial ELISA kits, and the circulating strains of SwIV were identified by the hemagglutination inhibition test (HIT). Antibodies against SwIV were detected in 114 out of the 309 samples (37%). Out of a total of 26 farms, 14 tested positive for SwIV antibodies. HI testing revealed high titers against the A/sw/Minnesota/593/99 H3N2 strain and the pH1N1 2009 pandemic strain. Antibodies against PPV were detected in 87 out of the 309 samples (28%), with 11 out of 26 farms testing positive for PPV antibodies. Antibodies against PCV-2 were detected in 205 out of the 309 samples tested (66%), with 25 out of the 26 farms testing positive for PCV-2 antibodies. No antibodies were detected in any of the tested pigs to PRRSV, TGEV, PRCV, or CSFV.     

Isolation of a porcine respiratory,non‐enteric coronavirus related to transmissible gastroenteritis

Summary

A porcine respiratory, non‐enteric virus which is related to the coronavirus transmissible gastroenteritus virus (TGEV) has been isolated in pigs and in cell culture. The isolate was designated TLM 83.

It has become very widespread and enzootic among the swine population in Belgium and in other swine raising countries. It causes an infection of the lungs and appears to spread by aerogenic route. It does not replicate in the enteric tract. The experimental infection in conventional and gnotobiotic pigs in isolation remains subclinical. The infection, either experimental or in the field, results in the formation of antibodies which neutralise the classical enteric TGEV. Based on this relationship, this virus is assumed to be a new TGEV‐related porcine respiratory coronavirus or TGEV itself which has totally lost its tropism for the enteric tract.     

PEDV、TGEV、PoRV和PKV多重RT-PCR检测方法的建立及初步应用

为快速鉴别诊断猪流行性腹泻病毒(PEDV)、猪传染性胃肠炎病毒(TGEV)、猪轮状病毒(PoRV)和猪嵴病毒(PKV),根据PEDV的M基因、TGEV的N基因、PoRV的VP6基因和PKV的3D基因序列设计4对特异性引物,通过PCR扩增目的片段并构建重组质粒,建立了一种可同时检测4种病毒的RT-PCR诊断方法,该方法可特异性扩增这4种病毒的相应片段,而对猪瘟病毒(CSFV)、猪圆环病毒2型(PCV-2)、猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒(PRRSV)、猪伪狂犬病病毒(PRV)均无扩增,最低检出量分别为1.33×10^4、1.33×10^3、1.33×10^4、1.33×10^5copies/μL。应用该方法对临床55份猪腹泻样品进行检测,结果检测出14份PEDV、1份PoRV和27份PKV,未检出TGEV,其中PEDV和PKV混合感染9份。上述结果表明,建立的多重RT-PCR检测方法快速、特异、敏感,可用于以上4种腹泻病毒的临床检测和流行病学调查。     

Porcine parvovirus: frequency of naturally occurring transplacental infection and viral contamination of fetal porcine kidney cell cultures.

The frequency of naturally occurring transplacental infection of swine with porcine parvovirus (PPV) and one of the possible consequences of such infection--the presence of PPV in cell cultures prepared from fetal tissues--were investigated. Transplacental infection was indicated by the presence of high titers of hemagglutination inhibiting (HI) antibody for PPV in serums of 0-day-old, hysterectomy-derived, colostrum-deprived pigs of 3 of 82 litters. All letters were farm-raised dams. Moreover, cell cultures prepared from 3 of 49 lots of fetal porcine kidneys (FPK) collected from an abattoir during an interval of 14 months were found contaminated with PPV. Because each lot was usually comprised of kidneys from 2 litters, the latter finding suggests that 3 of approximately 98 litters were infected. Prior infection of FPK cell cultures with PPV resulted in only slight interference of replication of other selected viruses; i.e., porcine enterovirus (PEV), pseudorabies virus (PRV), vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), and hemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus (HEV). Moreover, PPV and HEV were propagated in the same cell cultures during 5 serial passages of the viruses. In contrast, when copropagation of PPV and VSV was attempted, PPV was not detected after the 2nd serial passage.     

Establishment and Application of a Multiplex RT-PCR Assay for Detection of PEDV,TGEV and PRoV

In this study,a multiplex RT-PCR assay was established to differentially detect porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV),porcine transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV) and porcine rotavirus (PRoV) after optimization of the reaction conditions.Three pairs of primers PEDV-N,TGEV-M and PRoV-VP6 were designed for specifically amplifying PEDV N gene,TGEV M gene and PRoV VP6 gene,respectively.The assay could specifically amplify PEDV,TGEV and PRoV,but not classical swine fever virus (CSFV),porcine foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV),pseudorabies virus (PRV),porcine parvovirus (PPV) and porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2).The detection limits of PEDV,TGEV and PRoV standard recombinant plasmids were 1.41×10³,1.41×10² and 1.41×10³ copies/μL,respectively.The repeated reaction under the same conditions obtained uniform results.The assay was used to detect a total number of 190 clinical samples,of which 42 (22.11%) samples were positive for PEDV,58 (30.53%) samples for TGEV and 34 (17.89%) samples for PRoV,and there were mixed infection among these viruses.The results indicated that this multiplex RT-PCR assay had the advantages of sensitivity,specificity and repeatability and provided a useful tool for differential detection and epidemiological investigation of PEDV,TGEV and PRoV.     

PEDV、TGEV和PRoV多重RT-PCR检测方法的建立及应用

为建立猪流行性腹泻病毒（PEDV）、猪传染性胃肠炎病毒（TGEV）及猪轮状病毒（PRoV）的快速鉴别检测方法,本试验针对PEDV、TGEV、PRoV的基因组序列设计3对特异性引物PEDV-N、TGEV-M和PRoV-VP6,分别扩增PEDV N基因、TGEV M基因和PRoV VP6基因。经优化反应条件,成功建立了能同时检测并区分PEDV、TGEV、PRoV的多重RT-PCR方法。该方法可特异扩增PEDV、TGEV、PRoV相应的基因片段,而与猪瘟病毒（CSFV）、猪口蹄疫病毒（FMDV）、猪伪狂犬病病毒（PRV）、猪细小病毒（PPV）、猪圆环病毒2型（PCV2）均无交叉反应;对PEDV、TGEV、PRoV基因重组质粒标准品的检出限分别为1.41×10³、1.41×10²和1.41×10³拷贝/μL;在相同条件下重复试验可获得一致的结果。应用该方法对临床采集的190份腹泻病料进行检测,结果PEDV阳性42份,阳性率22.11%;TGEV阳性58份,阳性率30.53%;PRoV阳性34份,阳性率17.89%,且存在不同病毒混合感染的现象。结果表明,所建立的多重RT-PCR方法具有特异性强、敏感性高、重复性好的优点,可用于PEDV、TGEV和PRoV的临床检测和流行病学调查。     

猪6种常见病毒多重PCR检测方法的建立及应用

旨在建立一种可同时检测猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒(PRRSV)、猪瘟病毒(CSFV)、猪伪狂犬病病毒(PRV)、猪圆环病毒2型(PCV-2)、猪细小病毒(PPV)和猪巨细胞病毒(PCMV)的多重PCR检测方法。参考相关文献及序列比对结果设计6对特异性引物,建立了可同时检测以上6种病毒的多重PCR方法并应用此方法对临床病例进行了检测。结果表明,所建立的多重PCR方法灵敏度高,对6种病毒的最低核酸检测量分别为12.8pg(PRRSV)、46pg(CSFV)、16pg(PRV)、23.5pg(PCV-2)、72pg(PPV)、8.6pg(PCMV),对猪流感病毒(SIV)、猪乙型脑炎病毒(JEV)、猪流行性腹泻病毒(PEDV)、猪传染性胃肠炎病毒(TGEV)和猪轮状病毒(PoRV)无特异性扩增。应用该方法对临床145份样品进行检测,总阳性率为83.45%,2种以上病毒混合感染阳性率为69.66%。说明所建立的多重PCR检测方法敏感,可用于猪群中上述6种猪病病原的单一感染或混合感染的鉴别诊断。     

3种非猪瘟病毒单独或混合感染对猪瘟弱毒疫苗免疫效力的影响

将 2 0头 9月龄左右猪瘟、伪狂犬、猪繁殖与呼吸障碍综合征抗原、抗体阴性猪分成 6组 ,分别利用猪细小病毒(PPV)、猪伪狂犬病毒 (PRV)和猪繁殖与呼吸障碍综合征病毒 (PRRSV)单独或混合感染。 7d后连同对照猪 4头 ,免疫接种猪瘟兔化弱毒疫苗 (HCL V) ,13d后连同 4头阴性对照猪一起攻击猪瘟石门强毒。整个试验期间分别每天测温 ,观察临床症状 ,每周采集扁桃体和血样做各种病毒抗原及抗体检测。结果表明 ,非猪瘟病毒感染 7d后 ,所有各组猪均从体内检测到了相应感染的病原 ,表明 3种非猪瘟病毒感染成功。在攻击猪瘟石门强毒后 2周 ,感染了非猪瘟病毒后接种 HCL V疫苗的 4个免疫组 12头猪除 1头外 ,11头全为猪瘟病毒 (HCV)抗原检测阳性 ,且多呈强阳性 ;而单一 HCL V疫苗免疫组在猪瘟强毒攻击后检测不到 HCV;所有 HCL V疫苗免疫猪均存活 ,而非免疫对照组 4头猪全部在攻毒 16 d内死亡。     

Comparison of the antibody response to transmissible gastroenteritis virus and porcine respiratory coronavirus, using monoclonal antibodies to antigenic sites A and X of the S glycoprotein.

Pigs were inoculated with various strains of transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV) or with porcine respiratory coronavirus (PRCV), and antigenic site-specific antibody responses were compared. A blocking-ELISA was used to study to what extent antibodies in convalescent sera interfered with the binding of monoclonal antibodies (MAB) 57.16 or 57.110 to the attenuated TGEV/Purdue virus. Monoclonal antibody 57.16 is directed against the A site on the peplomer, neutralizes virus, and recognizes TGEV and PRCV. Monoclonal antibody 57.110 is directed against the X site on the peplomer, but does not neutralize virus, and recognizes only TGEV. Antibodies directed against TGEV and PRCV could be detected in a blocking ELISA, using MAB 57.16 as a conjugate. Antibodies directed against both viruses were detectable as early as 1 week after inoculation. Antibody titers correlated well with those in a virus-neutralization test. Antibodies against TGEV could be detected in a blocking ELISA, using MAB 57.110 as a conjugate. Such antibodies were not induced by a PRCV infection. In the blocking ELISA, using MAB 57.110 as a conjugate, antibodies were detectable as early as 2 weeks after inoculation. There was a significant difference between antibody titers reached after infection with various TGEV strains, however. This difference is ascribed to a variation of the antigenic site defined by MAB 57.110 in TGEV strains. Conditions for a differential test for TGE serodiagnosis, and for serologic discrimination between TGEV- and PRCV-infected pigs, are discussed.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

Epidemiologic assessment of porcine circovirus type 2 coinfection with other pathogens in swine

OBJECTIVE: To identify important pathogens and characterize their serologic and pathologic effects in porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2)-infected pigs in relation to pig age and type of swine production system. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. ANIMALS: 583 conventionally reared pigs. PROCEDURES: 3- (n = 157), 9- (149), 16- (152), and 24-week-old (125) pigs from 41 different 1-, 2-, and 3-site production systems (5 pigs/age group/farm) were euthanized and necropsied. Pigs with and without PCV2 infection were identified (via PCR assay); infection with and serologic responses to other pathogens and pathologic changes in various tissues (including lungs) were assessed. Logistic regression models were constructed for effects overall and within each age group and type of production system. RESULTS: Compared with PCV2-negative pigs, PCV2-positive pigs were more likely to have swine influenza virus (SIV) type A and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae infections and sample-to-positive (S:P) ratios for SIV H1N1 from 0.50 to 0.99; also, PCV2-positive pigs had higher serum anti-porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) antibody titers and more severe lung tissue damage. Infection with SIV (but lower SIV H1N1 S:P ratio) was more likely in 3-week-old PCV2-positive pigs and evidence of systemic disease was greater in 16-week-old PCV2-positive pigs than in their PCV2-negative counterparts. By site type, associations of coinfections and disease effects between PCV2-positive and -negative pigs were greatest in 3-site production systems. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: In PCV2-positive pigs, coinfections with SIV, M. hyopneumoniae, and PRRSV are important, having the greatest effect in the early to late nursery phase and in 3-site production systems.     

Investigation and Analysis of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus,Transmissible Gastroenteritis Virus and Pseudorabies Virus of Swine Diarrhea Cases in Shandong Province

To understand porcine viral diarrhea prevalence in the large-scale pig farms of Shandong province, a total of 3 035 clinical samples were detected by PCR from January, 2014 to December, 2016.Those samples were detected for porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV), transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV) and pseudorabies virus (PRV). The results showed that the detection rate of PEDV, PRV and TGEV were 67.49%, 9.33% and 3.29%, respectively.During the past three years, the lowest detection rate of PEDV was 48.15% in the fourth quarter of 2014,and the highest was 88.57% in the fourth quarter of 2015.In 2016,the detection rate represented fluctuate declining compared with 2015.The highest positive rate of TGEV was 18.52% in the fourth quarter of 2014,and in the third quarter of 2015 was 15.38%.The lowest positive rate of TGEV was 6.67% in the first quarter of 2016 and TGEV was not detected in the other quarters. The highest detection rate of RPV was 15.68% in the second quarter of 2016,and the lowest was 2.56% in the second quarter of 2014,except the first quarter of 2014 that the PRV was 0. By detecting three kinds of viruses in 69 clinical samples collected passively, the results showed that the detection rate of PEDV,TGEV and PRV were 86.96%,5.80% and 37.68%,respectively. The total single infection rate was 69.57%,the single infection rates of PEDV,TGEV and PRV were 57.97%,1.45% and 10.14%, respectively;The total mixed infection rate was 30.43%,the mixed infection rates of PEDV/PRV,PEDV/TGEV and TGEV/PRV were 26.09%,2.90% and 1.45%, respectively;Obviously, the total single infection rate was higher than the total mixed infection rate. The results showed that the PEDV, PRV and TGEV were prevailing in Shandong province. There were PEDV/TGEV, TGEV/PRV, PEDV/PRV mixed infection, and the number of PEDV/PRV mixed infection was in the majority. However, there was no PEDV/PRV/TGEV mixed type infection. At present, PEDV was the major pathogen of porcine viral diarrhea and the test results could provide the reference to the diagnosis of porcine viral diarrhea.     

山东省猪腹泻病例中PEDV、TGEV和PRV的感染调查与分析

为了解山东省规模化猪场由猪流行性腹泻病毒（PEDV）、猪传染性胃肠炎病毒（TGEV）和猪伪狂犬病毒（PRV）引起猪病毒性腹泻的流行情况,自2014年1月至2016年12月,对来自山东省各地规模化猪场的猪腹泻病料（共3 035份）进行PCR检测。结果显示,PEDV、PRV和TGEV阳性率分别为67.49%、9.33%和3.29%;3年间,PEDV阳性率在2014年第四季度最低,为48.15%,2015年第四季度阳性率最高,为88.57%,2016年各季度阳性率相对2015年呈波动下降趋势;TGEV阳性率在2014年第四季度最高,为18.52%,2015年第三季度阳性率为15.38%,2016年第一季度阳性率为6.67%,其他季度未检测出阳性病料;PRV阳性率在2016年第二季度最高,为15.68%,除2014年第一季度未检出阳性病料外,2014年第二季度阳性率最低,为2.56%。通过对69份被动送检的病料进行PEDV、TGEV和PRV混合感染检测发现,这部分病料中PEDV、TGEV、PRV阳性率分别为86.96%、5.80%和37.68%;总单独感染率为69.57%,PEDV、TGEV和PRV单独感染率分别为57.97%、1.45%和10.14%;总混合感染率为30.43%,PEDV/PRV、PEDV/TGEV和TGEV/PRV混合感染率分别为26.09%、2.90%和1.45%;总单独感染率比总混合感染率高。结果表明,山东省存在PEDV、PRV和TGEV 3种病毒流行,存在PEDV/TGEV、TGEV/PRV和PEDV/PRV的混合感染,混合感染中主要为PEDV/PRV混合感染,不存在PEDV/PRV/TGEV的混合感染。目前PEDV是引起山东省猪病毒性腹泻的主要病因,本试验结果可为山东省猪病毒性腹泻的诊断和控制提供参考。     

5种猪病多重PCR检测方法的建立

To establish a method for simultaneous detection of classical swine fever virus (CSFV), porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), pseudorabies virus (PRV), porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) and porcine parvovirus (PPV), a multiplex PCR was developed with a set of specific primers designed based on the conserved sequences of CSFV, PRRSV, PRV, PCV2 and PPV. Under the optimized conditions of multiplex PCR,five special fragments of 167 (CSFV),433 (PRRSV),305 (PRV), 559 (PCV2) and 882 bp (PPV) were amplified with a detection limit of 220, 1.6, 72, 400 and 370 pg, respectively. But the multiplex PCR amplification results of swine influenza virus （SIV）, Japanese encephalitis virus （JEV）, Streptococcus suis （SS） and porcine epidemic diarrhea virus （PEDV） were negative．The results showed that the multiplex PCR method was capable of CSFV, PRV, PRRSV, PCV2, PPV infection of single or mixed clinical samples for rapid diagnosis.     

Factors associated with circulation of pseudorabies virus within swine herds

Data were collected from 104 Minnesota swine farms quarantined for pseudorabies virus (PRV) infection. Each herd was serologically evaluated for the presence of antibodies to PRV in finishing pigs. Herd management practices, swine housing design, and disease profiles were described for each farm. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to determine which factors were associated with circulation of PRV in the finishing pigs of farrow-to-finish farms. Sixty-seven (64%) of the herds had no serologic evidence of PRV circulation in the finishing section, whereas 37 herds (36%) contained at least one PRV seropositive finishing pig. The odds of a given finishing herd being seropositive for PRV were 2.85 times higher if the finishing pigs were housed in confinement (P = 0.01), 2 times higher if Actinobacillus (Haemophilus) pleuropneumoniae was a clinical problem in the herd (P = 0.03), 1.36 times less for each year that passed since the herd quarantine was issued (P = 0.01), 1.74 times higher if clinical signs of PRV were reported (P = 0.04), and 1.52 times higher if animal protein was included in at least one of the rations (P = 0.08).     

河南省部分猪群主要疫病疫苗免疫抗体水平监测与效果分析

2009年1月—2011年12月,从河南省信阳和驻马店地区62个猪场共收集免疫过猪瘟病毒(CSFV)、伪狂犬病毒(PRV)、猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒(PRRSV)和猪圆环病毒2型(PCV2)疫苗的猪血液,利用ELISA方法对样品进行抗体水平的检测。结果显示:该地区猪场猪群的疫苗免疫合格率最高是PRV疫苗(87.06%);其次是CSFV疫苗(76.24%);PRRSV和PCV2的疫苗免疫合格率较低,分别为65.20%和50.78%。4种疫苗免疫抗体合格率在不同规模的猪场有较大的差别,规模猪场的猪群某些疫病的抗体未必比散养猪群高。种猪群的4种疫苗的免疫合格率最高,商品猪中各个生长阶段的免疫后抗体合格率比较后发现,断奶仔猪群PRRSV抗体合格率明显高于哺乳仔猪,育肥猪群合格率要比哺乳仔猪群和断奶仔猪群的抗体合格率低。