Enterovirus Neutralizing Activity in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Piglets

Neutralizing activity against porcine enterovirus strain T80 was demonstrated in the contents of the stomach, duodenum or ileum of four piglets which were suckling dams whose milk contained neutralizing substances against the same virus. No neutralizing activity was detected in the gastrointestinal contents of an unsuckled piglet or in four weaned piglets. Extracts of intestinal tissue from each of the above piglets failed to neutralize the virus. Four weaned piglets were dosed orally with live T80 virus. From nine days after infection virus neutralizing activity was found in extracts of tissue prepared from the duodenum, jejunum, ileum, caecum and colon but not in the contents of the gastrointestinal tract and a serological response to the virus was demonstrated. No virus neutralizing activity was detected in gastrointestinal tissue or contents from four weaned piglets inoculated parenterally with live T80 virus or in four piglets dosed orally with inactivated T80 virus and these piglets did not respond serologically to the virus.     

Cell culture propagation of porcine rotavirus (reovirus-like agent).

Two isolates of porcine rotavirus (reovirus-like agent) were isolated and passaged in primary procine kidney cell cultures. Viral infectivity for cells was monitored by immunofluorescence because viral cytopathic effect was moderate. Successful passage of virus in cell culture required that viral suspensions obtained from infected cell cultures be treated with pancreatin prior to inoculation onto cell monolayers. Porcine rotavirus passage in cell culture also was accomplished, using trypsin treatments in lieu of pancreatin treatments. Porcine rotavirus passaged 10 times in cell culture infected gnotobiotic pigs and caused diarrhea. Gnotobiotic pigs that recovered from this infection were resistant to challenge exposure with porcine rotavirus but were susceptible to challenge exposure with transmissible gastroenteritis virus. As determined by immunofluorescent cross reactions, porcine rotavirus was found to be antigenically related to the human and bovine rotaviruses but not to reovirus type 3 or to transmissible gastroenteritis virus.     

The effects of transplacental porcine circovirus type 2 infection on porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus-induced enteritis in preweaning piglets

The effects of transplacental porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) infection on porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus (PEDV)-induced enteritis were examined in neonatal piglets. Six pregnant sows were randomly allocated to an infected (n=3) or control group (n=3). Three pregnant sows were inoculated intranasally with 6 mL of tissue culture fluid containing 1.2 x 10(5) tissue culture infective doses 50% (TCID(50))/mL of PCV2 strain SNUVR000470 three weeks before the expected farrowing date. Three control pregnant sows were similarly exposed to uninfected cell culture supernatants. Thirty piglets from PCV2-infected sows were randomly assigned to two groups (A and B) of 15 piglets each. Another 30 piglets from noninfected sows were randomly assigned to two groups (C and D) of 15 piglets each. The piglets in groups A and C were dosed orally at three days of age with 2mL of virus stock (1 x 10(6.5) TCID(50)/mL) of the PEDV strain, SNUVR971496, at the third passage. The mean villous height and crypt depth (VH:CD) ratio in PEDV-infected piglets from PCV2-infected sows (group A) were significantly different from those of the PEDV-infected piglets from PCV2 negative sows (group C) at 36, 48, and 72 h post-inoculation (hpi) (P<0.05). In PEDV-infected piglets from PCV2-infected sows (group A), significantly more PEDV nucleic acid was detected in the jejunal tissues (P<0.05) at 24 hpi than in the same tissues of the PEDV-infected piglets from PCV2 negative sows (group C). Thereafter, at 36, 48, 60, and 70 hpi significantly more PEDV nucleic acid (P<0.05) was detected in the jejunal tissues of the PEDV-infected piglets from PCV2 negative sows (group C) than those of the PEDV-infected piglets from the PCV2-infected sows (group A). It is concluded that the clinical course of PEDV disease was markedly affected by transplacental infection of PCV2.     

猪流行性腹泻病毒SD201604株的分离鉴定及致病性研究

本研究旨在获得猪流行性腹泻病毒（PEDV）分离株,并对其致病性进行研究。应用Vero细胞从山东某猪场腹泻病料中进行病毒分离,通过细胞病变、免疫荧光试验、电镜观察和RT-RCR进行鉴定,并对分离株的S基因序列进行分析;应用10^3.5 TCID₅₀/mL分离株口服接种3日龄仔猪并观察临床症状和病理变化;用不同滴度的分离株分别口服接种3日龄仔猪（3 mL/只）,统计各组仔猪的死亡率,确定最小致死量。结果显示,成功分离到1株PEDV,命名为PEDV SD201604株。该分离毒株能在Vero细胞上增殖,产生细胞病变,传代至F6代时病毒滴度可达10^3.5 TCID₅₀/mL,免疫荧光试验和RT-RCR检测均为PEDV阳性。电镜观察可见直径大小约为100 nm的病毒粒子,有明显的囊膜和纤突,具有PEDV病毒粒子典型的形态特征,确定分离株为PEDV。S基因序列分析显示,分离株为国内流行的PEDV变异株。动物回归试验结果显示,口服感染该分离株的5头3日龄仔猪全部出现典型的PED临床症状和病理变化,其中3头死亡。最小致死量试验结果表明,口服感染3 mL病毒含量为10^4.5 TCID₅₀/mL的分离株可使仔猪全部死亡。本试验结果可为PEDV的分离鉴定及生物学研究提供参考与借鉴。     

猪圆环病毒2型细胞培养适应毒株的培育和鉴定

从临床表现为仔猪断奶后多系统衰竭综合征（PMWS）淋巴组织病料，经聚合酶链式反应（PCR）证实为猪圆环病毒2型（PCV2）感染，采用无污染的猪肾细胞系（PK15）分离培养，并连续传代培育成一株细胞培养适应毒，命名为PCV2／LG株。分离毒株经细胞培养，于第25代后毒价显著升高，于第35代毒价可达10^5.6TCID 50/mL。采用免疫过氧化物酶单层细胞染色法（IPMA）、免疫电镜技术、分子克隆及核酸序列分析等鉴定表明，分离株感染细胞后病毒抗原主要分布在细胞核及细胞质中；病毒感染的阳性细胞呈散在分布，阳性细胞数可达50％以上；免疫电镜观察到与PCV2特异抗体结合形成的病毒免疫复合物呈实心小颗粒样粒子团，病毒粒子直径约为17nm；病毒抗原基因组由1768个核苷酸组成，与GenBank登录的8个PCV2基因组序列同源性达96．2％以上。用2mL的病毒细胞培养物（10^5.6TCID 50/mL）接种30日龄PCV2抗体阴性仔猪3头，可引起典型PMWS临床症状。本研究为进一步开展该病毒的致病性、疫苗免疫、诊断及分子生物学等研究奠定了基础。     

Pathogenicity of Isospora suis in gnotobiotic and conventionalised piglets

Isospora suis is unequivocally a primary pathogen of swine. Inoculation of I suis in conventionalised and germ-free piglets caused a biphasic disease course with marked diarrhoea, villous atrophy and necrosis of the intestinal epithelium at four to six and eight to 10 days after inoculation. The presence of a normal bacterial flora markedly (P less than 0.05) influenced the survival rate of piglets but did not appear to affect the histopathological changes observed. Mild limited focal necrosis and bile stasis were present in the liver at eight to 10 days after inoculation. In this period there was also ectasia of lymph vessels in the intestinal lymph nodes.     

Pathogenesis of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus infection in mid-gestation sows and fetuses.

Two experiments were undertaken to evaluate whether porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus was able to cross the placenta and infect midgestation fetuses following intranasal inoculation of sows and whether PRRS virus directly infected fetuses following in utero inoculation. In experiment 1, eight sows between 45 and 50 days of gestation were intranasally inoculated with PRRS virus (ATCC VR-2332), and four control sows were inoculated with uninfected cell culture lysate. Virus inoculated sows were viremic on postinoculation (PI) days 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9, shed virus in their feces and nasal secretions, and became leukopenic. Sixty-nine of 71 fetuses from principal sows euthanized on PI day 7, 14 or 21 were alive at necropsy and no virus was isolated from any of the fetuses. Two principal sows that farrowed 65 and 67 days PI delivered 25 live piglets and three stillborn fetuses. The PRRS virus was isolated from two live piglets in one litter. In experiment 2, laparotomies were performed on five sows between 40 and 45 days of gestation and fetuses were inoculated in utero with either PRRS virus alone, PRRS virus plus a swine serum containing PRRS antibodies, or uninfected cell culture lysate. Three sows were euthanized on PI day 4 and two sows on PI day 11. Viral replication occurred in fetuses inoculated with virus alone and was enhanced in fetuses inoculated with virus plus antibody. No virus was isolated from control fetuses.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

仔猪小肠上皮细胞的体外培养及猪流行性腹泻病毒对其感染性研究

本研究旨在建立一种操作简单的仔猪小肠上皮细胞体外培养体系，为猪流行性腹泻病毒（porcine epidemic diarrhea virus，PEDV）的相关研究提供材料。研究以未吃初乳的新生仔猪作为肠道供体，采用肠腔面刮取肠黏膜和机械分离分散的方式进行原代细胞的体外分离。采用0.1%胰蛋白酶差速消化法进行仔猪小肠上皮细胞的纯化；比较新生弱仔猪和正常仔猪作为供体对原代小肠上皮细胞活性的影响；MTT法比较不同代次原代细胞的增殖活性；免疫荧光和实时荧光定量RT-PCR方法检测PEDV毒株CV777在原代小肠上皮细胞感染和增殖情况。结果显示，本研究建立的体外分离培养方法能获得增殖活性良好的原代小肠上皮细胞，具有明显的"S"型细胞增殖曲线。通过胰酶差速消化可得到纯度高、形态单一的小肠上皮细胞，同时细胞连续传代5次仍保持良好的增殖活性。弱仔猪和正常仔猪分离培养的小肠上皮细胞的增殖活性比较显示，两者并没有明显区别，这为降低原代细胞培养的成本提供新的思路。免疫荧光和实时荧光定量RT-PCR结果显示，PEDV可感染本方法分离培养的仔猪原代小肠上皮细胞，并在其中进行复制增殖。本研究建立了一种操作简单、实用性强、成本较低的仔猪原代小肠上皮细胞体外培养方法，该方法培养的原代细胞可作为PEDV分离培养和相关研究的基础材料。     

Culture of Piglet Intestinal Epithelial Cells in vitro and the Infectivity of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus on the Cells

The study was aimed to establish a simple in vitro culture system for piglet small intestinal epithelial cells,and to provide materials for researches on porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV).In this study,newborn piglets that did not eat colostrum were used as the initial donors,and the primary cells were separated in vitro by scraping the intestinal mucosa from the intestinal lumen and mechanical separation and dispersion.The piglet intestinal epithelial cells were purified using 0.1% trypsin differential digestion method.Compared the effects of newborn weak piglets and normal piglets as donors on the activity of primary intestinal epithelial cells.MTT method was used to compare the proliferation activity of primary cells of different generations.Immunofluorescence and Real-time RT-PCR were used to detect the infection and proliferation of PEDV strain CV777 in primary intestinal epithelial cells.The results showed that the isolation and culture method in vitro used in this study could obtain primary intestinal epithelial cells with good proliferation activity,with obvious S-type cell proliferation curves.The cells with high purity and single morphology could be obtained by differential digestion,and had good proliferation activity after five consecutive passages.The proliferative activity of intestinal epithelial cells isolated from weak piglets and normal piglets had no obvious difference,and provided new way for reducing the cost of primary cell culture.The results of immunofluorescence and Real-time RT-PCR showed that PEDV could infect the primary intestinal epithelial cells,and replicated and proliferated in them.In this study,we established a simple,practical and low-cost method for in vitro culture of piglet primary small intestinal epithelial cells.The primary cells cultured by this method could be used as basic materials for the isolation and culture of PEDV and related research.     

Effects of epidermal growth factor on atrophic enteritis in piglets induced by experimental porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus

Epidermal growth factor (EGF) promotes gastrointestinal mucosal recovery by stimulating the mitogenic activity of intestinal crypt epithelial cells. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of EGF on atrophic enteritis induced in piglets by experimental infection with porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus (PEDV) strain Dr13. Two groups of 12 conventional, colostrum-deprived, 1-day-old, large White-Duroc cross breed piglets were inoculated orally with PEDV (3 x 10(5) 50% tissue culture infective doses), with or without EGF (10 microg/kg/day, intraperitoneally once daily for 4 days after infection) and compared to 12 uninfected, untreated control piglets. PEDV+EGF piglets had less severe clinical signs than PEDV only piglets at 48 and 60 h post-infection (hpi). Histologically, the ratio of villous height:crypt depth of PEDV+EGF piglets was significantly higher than PEDV only piglets at 36 and 48 hpi. Immunohistochemistry for Ki67 demonstrated increased proliferation in intestinal crypt epithelial cells of PEDV+EGF piglets compared to PEDV only piglets at 36, 48 and 60 hpi. EGF stimulates proliferation of intestinal crypt epithelial cells and promotes recovery from atrophic enteritis in PEDV-infected piglets.     

Pharmacokinetics of amoxicillin after oral administration in recently weaned piglets with experimentally induced Escherichia coli subtype O149:F4 diarrhea

OBJECTIVE: To measure the effect of Escherichia coli subtype O149:F4-induced diarrhea on the pharmacokinetics of orally administered amoxicillin in affected piglets relative to that of uninfected piglets. ANIMALS: 22 healthy 4-week-old recently weaned Danish crossbred piglets. PROCEDURE: 12 piglets were orally inoculated through gastric intubation with 10(9) CFUs of an E. coli O149:F4 strain and responded by developing diarrhea 12 to 16 hours later. Piglets were dosed with amoxicillin trihydrate solution (20 mg/kg) by gastric intubation. A control group of 10 age-matched piglets without signs of diarrhea was dosed similarly. Blood samples were obtained before amoxicillin administration and at 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 6, 12, and 24 hours after amoxicillin administration. The plasma concentration of amoxicillin was analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography. RESULTS: A significant 39% decrease in the area under the plasma concentration versus time curve of amoxicillin was observed in piglets with diarrhea relative to that of control piglets. The maximum plasma concentration (Cmax) was significantly (52%) lower in piglets with diarrhea, compared with control piglets, while the elimination rate constant, time to reach Cmax, and elimination half-life were unchanged. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Escherichia coli-induced diarrhea may decrease systemic bioavailability of amoxicillin. Escherichia coli bacteria attach to the intestinal epithelial cells. Because it is assumed that the concentration of the antimicrobial at the site of infection reflects the systemic concentration, higher doses of amoxicillin in the treatment of piglets with E. coli O149:F4-induced diarrhea may be appropriate.     

Multiplication of low and high cell culture passaged strains of transmissible gastroenteritis virus in organs of newborn piglets

Distribution and persistence of four different strains of transmissible gastroenteritis (TGE) virus in newborn piglets were compared.The piglets inoculated with high-passaged TO-163 strain did not show any clinical signs of TGE on any days postinoculation (DPI), but the piglets inoculated with one of the other three strains, SH-14, SH-164 or TO-16, had soft feces or diarrhea. In the latter cases, the virus was isolated mainly from respiratory organs, lymph nodes, and digestive tract on any DPI, but was rarely detected in the digestive tract of piglets inoculated with the TO-163 strain. The frequency of virus recovery from the tissues was the highest till 4 DPI in all of the piglets inoculated with one of the four virus strains, and it was markedly reduced thereafter in the piglets inoculated with high-passaged strains.The TO-163 strain was subjected to serial passage in newborn piglets for seven passages. There was no evidence of regained pathogenicity with advance in passage, and detection of virus was restricted to lymph nodes and lung of these piglets.In gnotobiotic piglets inoculated with the TO-163 strain, frequent virus recovery and high titers of virus from the tissues were obtained on up to the 4th DPI. The viruses in high titer were found in the digestive tract of some of the piglets; however, none of them showed any clinical signs of TGE.     

猪轮状病毒江西株AY01的分离鉴定

【目的】确定江西省某猪场哺乳仔猪发生腹泻的病因。【方法】对送检的仔猪小肠样品进行猪流行性腹泻病毒(Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus,PEDV)、猪传染性胃肠炎病毒(Transmissible gastroenteritis virus,TGEV)和猪轮状病毒(Porcine rotavirus,PoRV)的RT-PCR检测,将阳性样品接种MA104细胞传代进行PoRV的分离;对分离毒株进行电镜观察、间接免疫荧光试验、PoRV VP4和VP7基因序列测序和动物回归等试验。【结果】猪小肠病料样品经终浓度15 μg/mL的胰酶处理37 ℃孵育2 h,接种MA104细胞,能在细胞上增殖传代,第6代开始表现稳定的细胞病变;电镜观察可见病毒粒子直径大小为61~70 nm,平均大小为65 nm,呈带有短纤突且外缘光滑的形似车轮状的粒子,具有轮状病毒粒子典型的形态特征;间接免疫荧光试验和RT-PCR检测均为PoRV阳性,确定该分离株为PoRV。分离株VP4和VP7基因序列分析显示,VP4基因型与P[23]基因型相似性最高,VP7基因型与G5基因型相似性最高,根据A群轮状病毒最新分类方法,分离株属于G5P[23]型。动物回归试验结果显示,经口感染该分离株的1日龄初生仔猪于感染后24 h左右陆续出现水样腹泻、呕吐等临床症状,并能在粪便中检测到PoRV。【结论】通过MA104细胞连续传代,从江西某猪场的腹泻仔猪小肠样品成功分离到1株PoRV,该分离株属于G5P[23]型PoRV,为哺乳仔猪发生腹泻的病原。     

Experimental infection of neonatal pigs with Campylobacter sputorum subspecies mucosalis with special reference to the oral cavity

After oral exposure Campylobacter sputorum subsp. mucosalis became established in the mouth of piglets for up to eight weeks. C. sputorum subsp. mucosalis was not isolated from the same pigs each week, although some pigs were positive for a number of consecutive weeks. Spread also took place from orally dosed piglets to an undosed litter mate maintained with them. Other catalase negative, serologically distinct Campylobacters were also demonstrated in the oral cavity.     

猪德尔塔冠状病毒TJ1株的分离鉴定及生物学特性分析

本研究旨在获得猪德尔塔冠状病毒（porcine deltacoronavirus,PDCoV）分离株,并对其生物学特性进行探讨。将RT-PCR检测PDCoV阳性样品无菌处理后接种猪肾（PK-15）细胞并连续传代培养,通过细胞病变、M基因序列分析及耐热、耐酸等试验对细胞培养物进行鉴定,采用Reed-Muench法测定PDCoV的TCID₅₀,应用5×10^4.0 TCID₅₀/mL的病毒悬液接种11日龄仔猪并观察临床症状。结果显示,试验成功分离到1株PDCoV,将其命名为TJ₁株,该病毒的第5代病毒效价为10^4.5 TCID₅₀/mL;TJ₁株对脂溶剂氯仿和乙醚不敏感,耐酸,在pH 3.0的环境下稳定,对热较敏感,在50℃条件下1 h便可将其灭活;其M基因和GenBank中已发表的PDCoV M基因核苷酸序列同源性为94%~99%;致病力试验结果显示,该病毒可引起仔猪发生腹泻,发病率100%。本研究成功分离了1株PDCoV毒株TJ₁株,对该分离株生物学特性进行初步研究,为进一步开展PDCoV相关研究奠定了基础。     

The effect of immunosuppression with cyclophosphamide on an experimental porcine enterovirus infection in piglets.

Eleven specific pathogen-free, five week old piglets were infected orally with the T80 strain of porcine enterovirus type 2. Three days after infection, five of the piglets were treated with cyclophosphamide, together with two of four uninfected control piglets. The treated, infected piglets developed severe diarrhea, and one showed signs of encephalomyelitis. These piglets showed no virological evidence of recovery from the infection, since the virus persisted throughout the intestinal tract, and they failed to mount a serological response. It was concluded that immunosuppression with cyclophosphamide impaired the normal recovery mechanisms in this infection, providing further evidence that the humoral immune response is an important defence mechanism against porcine enterovirus infection in piglets.     

Isolation,Identification and Phylogenetic Analysis of Important Functional Genes of Porcine Pseudorabies Virus LC Strain

To find out the reason of the reproductive failure in pregnant sows in a hoggery in Guangdong, the mixture with brain, lymph nodes and lungs of farm abortion stillbirth were identified by PCR, virus isolation and culture, tissue culture infective dose (TCID₅₀) assay, homology and phylogenetic analysis of the important functional genes (gB, gC, gD and gE) and animal test. The results showed that the mixture was proved to be porcine pseudorabies virus (PRV) positive samples. The typical cytopathogenic effect was induced in the third passage of Vero cell and the titer of the fifth passage was 10^-6.8/0.1 mL. The sequence analysis and phylogenetic relationship of gB, gC, gD and gE genes showed that it was a Chinese PRV variant, which was named as LC strain. The typical pseudorabies clinical and pathological symptoms were presented in 12-week-old piglets inoculated with LC strain. The results demonstrated that a local pseudorabies virus had been isolated, suggesting that the Bartha-K61 vaccine was not fully effective for controlling the current epidemic of pseudorabies in China.     

猪伪狂犬病病毒LC株的分离鉴定及其重要功能基因的进化分析

为确诊广东某猪场母猪流产发病原因,本研究收集该猪场流产死胎的脑、淋巴结、肺脏混合液,进行PCR鉴定、病毒分离培养、半数组织培养感染剂量（tissue culture infective dose,TCID₅₀）测定、猪伪狂犬病病毒（pseudorabies virus,PRV）重要功能基因（gB、gC、gD、gE）序列测定和进化分析及动物回归试验。结果显示,病料混合液为PRV阳性,接种Vero细胞传至第3代即出现稳定的细胞病变（CPE）,第5代TCID₅₀达到10^-6.8/0.1 mL,PRV gB、gC、gD、gE基因序列测定、同源性及进化树分析显示为,PRV中国变异株,命名为LC株。动物试验显示,LC株对12周龄猪具有一定致病性,可形成PRV典型临床症状及病理变化。本研究分离到一株PRV流行毒株,推测当前使用疫苗Bartha-K61株尚无法完全控制新毒株的流行。     

Isolation of avian reovirus as a possible etiologic agent of osteoporosis ("brittle bone disease"; "femoral head necrosis") in broiler chickens

Avian reovirus was isolated from intestines of 3-to-7-day-old broiler chickens with enteritis from broiler houses where osteoporosis was a problem. The virus was purified in a cesium chloride gradient (buoyant density 1.37 gm/ml) and identified as a reovirus by electron microscopy. Specific-pathogen-free (SPF) chickens and commercial broiler chickens with anti-reovirus maternal antibodies inoculated at 1 day of age with the reovirus isolate developed lesions of femoral head fractures and/or osteoporosis; reovirus could be reisolated from the bone marrow and intestinal tracts of experimentally infected SPF birds. The reovirus isolate, although isolated from intestines, induced development fo tenosynovitis lesions in SPF and commercial broiler chickens.     

Oral transmission of transmissible gastroenteritis virus by muscle and lymph node from slaughtered pigs

A study was conducted in the USA to determine whether transmissible gastroenteritis (TGE) virus could be transmitted from carcases of slaughtered pigs. Transmissible gastroenteritis virus was transmitted to 6-day-old piglets by dosing with homogenates of muscle and lymph node collected from 500 clinically normal pigs at the time of slaughter. All piglets in 2 separately housed litters showed clinical signs of TGE with 5 piglets dying within 10 d of oral dosing with homogenates. Transmissible gastroenteritis virus was isolated from 2 of these piglets and all piglets developed TGE antibody. Transmissible gastroenteritis virus was not isolated in tissue culture from muscle and lymph node homogenates, but was isolated from 4 (0.8%) of 500 tonsil samples collected from the same pigs. A survey of 250 serum samples provided an estimate of the prevalence of slaughtered pigs with TGE antibody of 34.8% in the sample population. The results indicate that carcases of some pigs from TGE endemic areas contain viable TGE virus, and that there would be a substantial risk of introducing TGE virus into Australia by the importation of uncooked pig meat from these areas.