规模化猪场猪圆环病毒2型的血清流行病学调查

为了解规模化猪场猪圆环病毒2型(PCV2)血清学流行情况,采用ELISA进行PCV2抗体检测。结果表明,运城地区规模化猪场广泛存在PCV2感染,未免疫接种猪圆环病毒疫苗的外观健康猪血清样品中PCV2抗体平均阳性率为49.66%,其中种猪感染率达67%,哺乳仔猪感染率4.55%,保育猪感染率43%,育肥猪感染率64.71%;外观健康猪群检测结果提示,随着年龄的增长PCV2感染有升高趋势。为了进一步研究猪圆环病毒感染各症候群在规模化场发病特点及流行规律,采集临床疑似断奶仔猪多系统衰竭综合征(PMWS)、仔猪先天性震颤(Congenital tremors,CT)、猪肾炎皮炎综合征(PDNS)、猪的繁殖障碍(Reproductive failure)、PCV2相关性肺炎等症状猪血清400份进行PCV2抗体检测。检测结果显示,疑似PMWS症状PCV2抗体阳性率最高,达86.25%,然后依次是疑似PCV2相关性肺炎阳性率56.25%,疑似PDNS阳性率46.25%,疑似繁殖障碍阳性率26.25%,最低的是疑似CT阳性率11.25%。研究结果表明,运城地区规模化猪场PCV2感染以PMWS和PCV2相关性肺炎为主,其次是PDNS和繁殖障碍,仔猪先天性震颤感染率最低。     

Establishment and Preliminary Application of Nested PCR for the Detection of Porcine Circovirus Type 2

Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) caused significant economic losses of swine industry,it's very important to establish a economy and rapid detection method.To strengthen the prevention and control of porcine circovirus disease,rapid and high sesitive detection method of PCV2 was established using nested PCR.According to PCV2 ORF2 gene conservative region,we designed two pairs of nested PCR primers,constructed ORF2 gene recombinant plasmid for standard template and optimizated the PCR reaction conditions to establish nested PCR detection method of PCV2 and detect the clinical samples of pig farms.Our results showed that the sensitivity and repeatability of this method were very high,the minimum detection level was 10 copies/μL and detection rate of clinical samples was 97.3%.In brief,the established nested PCR detection method of PCV2 in this study provided powerful means for quick and efficient detection of PCV2,and prevention and control of porcine circovirus disease in the swine industry.     

猪圆环病毒2型巢式PCR检测方法的建立与初步应用

猪圆环病毒2型(porcine circovirus type 2,PCV2)给养猪业造成了重大的经济损失,建立经济、快速的检测方法尤为重要。本研究旨在利用巢式PCR技术,建立高灵敏度PCV2检测平台,以加强对猪圆环病毒病的防控。根据PCV2 ORF2基因保守区,设计内、外2对巢式PCR引物,通过优化PCR反应条件,建立巢式PCR检测方法,并对猪场临床样本进行检测。结果显示,本研究建立的巢式PCR检测方法灵敏度高、重复性强,最低检出量为10拷贝/μL,检出率达97.3%。本研究建立的巢式PCR检测方法为快速、高效地检测PCV2以及为猪圆环病毒病的防控提供有力手段。     

Myocarditis and abortion associated with intrauterine infection of sows with porcine circovirus 2.

Porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2) is a recently identified agent that has been associated with postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) in swine populations. In this report, the potential spectrum of disease associated with PCV2 is expanded by evidence of vertical transmission and associated reproductive failure. PCV2 was isolated from a litter of aborted piglets from a farm experiencing late-term abortions and stillbirths. Severe, diffuse myocarditis was present in 1 piglet associated with extensive immunohistochemical staining for PCV2 antigen. Variable amounts of PCV2 antigen were also present in liver, lung, and kidney of multiple fetuses. The presence of other agents that have been associated with fetal lesions and abortion in swine, including porcine parvovirus, porcine reproductive respiratory syndrome virus, encephalomyocarditis virus, and enterovirus, could not be established.     

Postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome produced in gnotobiotic pigs following exposure to various amounts of porcine circovirus type 2a or type 2b

In late 2005, a postweaning, high mortality syndrome spread rapidly through finishing barns in swine dense areas of the United States. Diagnostic investigations consistently detected porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) from diseased tissues. Subsequent genetic analysis revealed that the infectious agent was a PCV2 type termed "PCV2b". Prior to late 2004, only the PCV2a type, but not PCV2b, had been reported in North America. In this communication, we produce severe postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) in gnotobiotic pigs using infectious PCV2a and PCV2b generated from DNA clones constructed from field isolates identified in the 2005 outbreak. Clinical signs exhibited by diseased pigs included anorexia, dyspnea and listlessness. Mortality was typically observed within 12h of onset of dyspnea. The most striking microscopic lesions in affected animals were severe hepatic necrosis and depletion of germinal centers in lymph nodes with associated abundant PCV2 viral antigen. Clinical signs and lesions observed in these studies were comparable to those reported in experiments with gnotobiotic pigs inoculated with a PCV2a isolate while concurrently receiving immune-stimulation or co-infection with porcine parvovirus or torque teno virus. The animals in these studies were confirmed to be free of detectable porcine parvovirus, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus, bovine viral diarrhea virus, swine hepatitis E virus, and aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. Seven out of 24 PCV2 inoculated pigs had a detectable congenital torque teno virus infection with no correlation to clinical disease. Thus, in these studies, both PCV2a and PCV2b isolates were singularly capable of inducing high mortality in the absence of any detectable infectious co-factor.     

Association of porcine circovirus type 2 with vascular lesions in porcine pneumonia

The aim of this study was to evaluate the vasculature in porcine circovirus type 2-infected (PCV2-infected) lungs and to identify the PCV2 subtypes involved in porcine pneumonia. Pulmonary samples from 140 pigs, 2 weeks to 7 months of age, from 36 Hungarian commercial herds with clinical signs of respiratory disease were examined for the presence of respiratory pathogens, with bacterial culture, pathologic evaluation, and immunohistochemistry for PCV2, porcine reproductive respiratory syndrome virus, and swine influenza virus. PCV2 was the most commonly identified pathogen (49 cases) among the 74 of 140 cases (53%) with respiratory pathogens. PCV2 was detected immunohistochemically in the wall of 13% to 100% of pulmonary vessels (mean, 89%) in 38 of 49 cases (78%). Detection of PCV2 antigen was positively correlated with the presence of vascular lesions (P < .001, odds ratio [OR]: 159.54). Other pathogens capable of vascular injury in swine were found in 29 of 49 of the PCV2-positive cases (59%). The probability of detecting vascular lesions in PCV2-infected lung was higher than in infection with porcine reproductive respiratory syndrome virus (P < .002, OR: 14.63), Pasteurella multocida infection (P < .001, OR: 5.75), or Streptococcus spp. infection (not significant, OR: 1.45). Sequence analysis of open reading frame 2 amplicons was possible in 6 PCV2-positive cases, from which 5 cases proved to be PCV2b subtype and 1 case, PCV2a subtype. In conclusion, PCV2 antigen was commonly colocalized with pulmonary vascular lesions in pneumonia in Hungarian swine, and PCV2b was the dominant subtype.     

猪圆环病毒2型和3型混合感染引起的母猪繁殖障碍诊治

【目的】寻找引起某猪场母猪屡次配种不孕的原因。【方法】采集母猪饲料槽中正在食用的饲料检测黄曲霉素B₁含量;采集返情母猪的口鼻腔拭子、肛门拭子及血清,使用PCR、RT-PCR方法检测猪圆环病毒2型(Porcine circovirus 2,PCV2)、PCV3、猪伪狂犬病病毒(Pseudorabies virus,PRV)、猪细小病毒(Porcine parvovirus,PPV)、猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒(Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus,PRRSV)、猪瘟病毒(Classic swine fever virus,CSFV);随机剖检13头返情母猪,采集脾脏、淋巴结、脊髓、子宫、卵巢组织检测繁殖障碍性病毒的感染情况;对检测到的PCV2和PCV3部分阳性样品进行ORF2基因序列分析;观察母猪卵巢病理变化情况,汇总分析结果,诊断该场母猪受胎率低、持续返情的原因。【结果】该猪场饲料中黄曲霉素B₁含量为4.5~9.0 μg/kg,均在GB 13078－2017规定的饲料中黄曲霉素B₁允许范围内(＜20 μg/kg)。PCR、RT-PCR结果显示,口鼻腔拭子、肛门拭子和血清的PCV2、PCV3、PRV、PPV、PRRSV、CSFV检测结果均为阴性;13头母猪的PCV2阳性率为69.23%(9/13),PCV3阳性率为38.46%(5/13),PCV2和PCV3混合感染率为30.76%(4/13)。实时荧光定量PCR检测结果显示,PCV2在脊髓中的病毒载量最高,脾脏次之,淋巴结中最少;PCV3在脾脏中病毒载量最高,脊髓次之,卵巢中病毒载量最少。ORF2基因序列分析发现,PCV2为2d亚型,PCV3为3a亚型。卵巢病理切片观察发现,卵泡细胞数量减少,卵泡腔形状不规则、塌陷扁平。【结论】经过诊断确定该场母猪持续返情、屡配不孕的原因是PCV2和PCV3混合感染,进而引起繁殖障碍。根据诊断结果和该场情况,采取全群接种PCV2疫苗,配合全场消毒,加强生物安全防控,成功解决该场母猪繁殖障碍问题,恢复正常生产。     

Porcine respiratory disease complex after the introduction of H1N1/2009 influenza virus in Brazil

From 2009 to 2015, 74 lungs from suckling (6.8%), nursing (70.3%), fattening (20.3%) pigs and pregnant sows (2.7%) with respiratory signs from pig farms in Southern Brazil were submitted to a diagnostic laboratory for necropsy and/or histologic examination and screening for respiratory agents by RT‐qPCR, immunohistochemistry (IHC), virus isolation (VI) and subtyping for influenza A virus (IAV), IHC and nested PCR for Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (Mhyo), PCR for porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2), RT‐qPCR for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and bacterial culture. All lung samples were positive for IAV using RT‐qPCR. Seventy‐two lungs had histologic lesions associated with acute to subacute IAV infection characterized by necrotizing bronchiolitis/bronchitis or bronchointerstitial pneumonia with lymphocytic peribronchiolitis and bronchiolar/bronchial hyperplasia, respectively. Forty‐nine lungs (66.2%) were positive by IHC for IAV nucleoprotein. The H1N1/2009 was the most common subtype and the only IAV detected in 58.1% of lungs, followed by H1N2 (9.5%) and H3N2 (6.8%). Coinfection of IAV and Mhyo was seen in 23 (31%) cases. Although 14.9% of the lungs were positive for PCV2 using PCR, no suggestive lesions of PCV2 disease were observed. Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) was not detected, consistent with the PRRS‐free status of Brazil. Secondary bacterial infections (8/38) were associated with suppurative bronchopneumonia and/or pleuritis. Primary IAV infection with Mhyo coinfection was the most common agents found in porcine respiratory disease complex (PRDC) in pigs in Southern Brazil.     

上海地区出现猪繁殖与呼吸综合征和2型猪圆环病毒混合感染

上海地区6个规模化猪场断奶后仔猪出现全身消耗性综合征，剖检的18头病仔猪都表现肺脏严重病变和淋巴结肿大出血。分别设计针对猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒(porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus，PRRSV)N蛋白和2型猪圆环病毒(porcine circovirus type2，PCV-2)部分基因的特异性PCR引物，通过RT—PCR和PCR技术从患病猪肺脏组织均扩增出PRRSV和PCV-2的特异基因片段。结合临床症状和流行病学调查，证实上海地区出现PRRSV和PCV-2的混合感染。     

2014-2018年广西6种猪主要病毒性繁殖障碍疫病流行病学调查

试验旨在了解广西猪主要病毒性繁殖障碍疫病的发生态势,为预防和控制此类疫病提供科学依据。采用RT-PCR/PCR方法对2014年3月至2018年2月采自广西的349份流产胎儿样品进行猪瘟病毒(CSFV)、猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒(PRRSV)、猪圆环病毒2型(PCV2)、猪伪狂犬病病毒(PRV)、猪细小病毒(PPV)及猪乙型脑炎病毒(JEV)6种主要病毒性繁殖障碍疫病病原的检测并分析其阳性检出率在不同年份、季节之间的差异及病原混合感染情况。结果显示,2014-2017年,6种病原的猪场阳性率从高到低依次为JEV(36.00%)、PRRSV(16.00%)、PCV2(9.00%)、PRV(7.00%)、PPV(6.00%)和CFSV(5.00%),样品阳性检出率从高到低依次为JEV(27.06%)、PRRSV(6.18%)、PRV(5.88%)、PCV2(3.82%)、CSFV(2.35%)和PPV(2.35%)。季节因素对6种病毒性繁殖障碍疫病的发生有一定影响:JEV在夏季、秋季检出率较高,春季、冬季检出率较低;PRRSV一年四季检出率均较高,且无明显差异;PCV2在春季检出率较高,其次是夏季和冬季,秋季检出率较低;PRV在春季、冬季检出率较高,夏季、秋季检出率均为0;PPV在夏季检出率较高,其次是春季和秋季,冬季检出率为0;CSFV在冬季检出率最高,其次是夏季,春季和秋季检出率均为0。流产胎儿以单一感染为主,6种病毒均存在不同程度单一感染情况,单一感染率JEV最高(23.82%)、PCV2最低(0.59%);混合感染以双重感染为主,其中以2016年双重感染情况较多,且感染组合多样;三重感染情况较少、仅在2016年送检样品中发现1例,未发现四重及四重以上感染情况。调查结果表明,2014-2017年,JEV均有较高的阳性检出率,已成为广西部分猪场母猪流产最主要病毒性病原。PRRSV和PRV仍是目前引起广西猪场母猪流产的主要病毒性病原。     

Phylogenetic comparison of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) and porcine reproductive respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) strains detected in domestic pigs until 2008 and in 2012 in Croatia

Background

Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) have been present for the last 2 decades in Croatia, causing large economical losses in the pig production. The clinical features of the infections are mostly manifested by the development of respiratory problems, weight loss and poor growth performance, as well as reproductive failure in pregnant sows. Even though the infections are continuously recognized in some regions in Croatia, the heterogeneity of the detected viral strains from 2012 has not yet been investigated. The objective of this study was to compare virus strains of PCV2 and PRRSV detected until 2008 in Croatia with strains isolated in 2012 to gain a better epidemiological understanding of these two infections.

Results

PCV2 and PRRSV strains detected in 2012 in fattening pigs from regions where these two diseases have been previously described were compared to strains that have been detected in the same regions within the past two decades. The phylogenetic analysis revealed that the circulating PCV2 and PRRSV strains are distantly related to the previously described Croatian viral strains. However, when compared to known isolates from the GenBank a high genetic identity of PRRSV isolates with isolates from Hungary, Denmark and the Netherlands was found.

Conclusion

The results of this study reveal that even though PCV2 and PRRSV are constantly present in the investigated regions in Croatia, the viral strains found in 2012 genetically differ from those detected in earlier years. This indicates that new entries into the pig population appeared with regard to both infections, probably as a result of pig trade.     

Porcine circovirus 2 replication in colostrum-deprived piglets following experimental infection and immune stimulation using a modified live vaccine against porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus

Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) infection is now recognized as the major factor in the development of post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS). Although Koch's postulates have been fulfilled for PCV2 and PMWS, the severe clinical expression of the disease observed in field cases has been difficult to reproduce experimentally. Some studies have demonstrated that immune stimulation associated with the use of some commercially available swine vaccines may trigger progression of PCV2 infection to disease and lesions characteristic of PMWS. Here we describe the effects on PCV2 infection in an experimental model following the use of a commercially available modified live vaccine to porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus (PRRSV). Although none of the piglets infected with PCV2 developed clinical PMWS, the severity of microscopical lesions and the PCV2 antigen load associated with these lesions were higher in the PRRSV-vaccinated piglets compared with those detected in the PCV2 only infected animals.     

Porcine circovirus diseases

Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) is a member of the family Circoviridae, a recently established virus family composed of small, non-enveloped viruses, with a circular, single-stranded DNA genome. PCV2, which is found all over the world in the domestic pig and probably the wild boar, has been recently associated with a number of disease syndromes, which have been collectively named porcine circovirus diseases (PCVD). Postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS), porcine dermatitis and nephropathy syndrome (PDNS) and reproductive disorders are the most relevant ones. Among them, only PMWS is considered to have a severe impact on domestic swine production. PMWS mainly affects nursery and/or fattening pigs; wasting is considered the most representative clinical sign in this disease. Diagnosis of this disease is confirmed by histopathological examination of lymphoid tissues and detection of a moderate to high amount of PCV2 in damaged tissues. Since PMWS is considered a multifactorial disease in which other factors in addition to PCV2 are needed in most cases to trigger the clinical disease, effective control measures have focused on the understanding of the co-factors involved in individual farms and the control or elimination of these triggers. PDNS, an immuno-complex disease characterized by fibrino-necrotizing glomerulonephritis and systemic necrotizing vasculitis, has been linked to PCV2, but a definitive proof of this association is still lacking. PCV2-associated reproductive disease seems to occur very sporadically under field conditions, but it has been characterized by late-term abortions and stillbirths, extensive fibrosing and/or necrotizing myocarditis in fetuses and the presence of moderate to high amounts of PCV2 in these lesions. Taking into account that scientific information on PCV2 and its associated diseases has been markedly expanded in the last 8 years, the objective of this review is to summarize the current state of knowledge of the most relevant aspects of PCV2 biology and PCVD.     

Experimental reproduction of postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome in pigs by dual infection with Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and porcine circovirus type 2

The objectives of this study were to investigate the interactions between Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) and to establish a model for studying the pathogenesis of and testing intervention strategies for the control of PCV2-associated porcine respiratory disease complex (PRDC). Sixty-seven pigs were randomly assigned to four groups. Group 1 (n=17) pigs served as controls, group 2 (n=17) pigs were inoculated with M. hyopneumoniae, group 3 (n=17) pigs were dual infected with M. hyopneumoniae and PCV2, and group 4 (n=16) pigs were inoculated with PCV2. Pigs were inoculated intratracheally with M. hyopneumoniae at 4 weeks of age followed by intranasal inoculation with PCV2 at 6 weeks of age. Dual-infected pigs had moderate dyspnea, lethargy, and reduced weight gain. The overall severity of macroscopic lung lesions, PCV2-associated microscopic lesions in lung and lymphoid tissues, and the amount of PCV2-antigen associated with these lesions were significantly (P <0.05) higher in dual-infected pigs compared with all other groups. Four of 17 (23.5%) dual-infected pigs had decreased growth rate and severe lymphoid depletion and granulomatous lymphadenitis associated with high amounts of PCV2-antigen consistent with postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS). PCV2-antigen in lung tissue was most often associated with M. hyopneumoniae-induced peribronchial lymphoid hyperplasia, suggesting that this is an important site for PCV2 replication in the lung. This study indicates that M. hyopneumoniae potentiates the severity of PCV2-associated lung and lymphoid lesions, increases the amount and prolongs the presence of PCV2-antigen, and increases the incidence of PMWS in pigs.     

2017—2020年浙江省猪主要病毒性传染病的流行病学调查与分析

为了解浙江省猪主要病毒性传染病的流行情况及变化规律,本试验对2017-2020年浙江省不同地区规模化猪场送检的血清和病料样品进行猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒(PRRSV)、猪瘟病毒(CSFV)、猪圆环病毒2型(PCV2)和猪伪狂犬病病毒(PRV)4种疫病病原和抗体检测。抗体检测结果显示：PRRSV、CSFV、PCV2、PRV-gE/gI、PRV-gB的抗体平均阳性率分别为81.4%,83.6%,91.4%,36.1%,94.3%;不同年份中,CSFV和PCV2抗体水平一直呈稳中上升趋势,2020年PRRSV和PRV-gE/gI抗体水平下降明显。病原检测结果显示：PRRSV、CSFV、PCV2和PRV的感染具有普遍性,病原平均阳性率分别为22.9%,2.5%,17.3%,6.6%,其中PRRSV/PCV2双重感染较多,阳性率为9.7%;不同日龄中,PRRSV、PCV2和CSFV保育猪病原阳性率最高,育肥猪次之,而PRV产房仔猪阳性率最高;此外,2019-2020年CSFV、PCV2和PRV的病原阳性率下降明显。     

Experimental reproduction of severe disease in CD/CD pigs concurrently infected with type 2 porcine circovirus and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus

Three-week-old cesarean-derived colostrum-deprived (CD/CD) pigs were inoculated with porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2, n = 19), porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV, n = 13), concurrent PCV2 and PRRSV (PCV2/PRRSV, n = 17), or a sham inoculum (n = 12) to compare the independent and combined effects of these agents. Necropsies were performed at 7, 10, 14, 21, 35, and 49 days postinoculation (dpi) or when pigs became moribund. By 10 dpi, PCV2/PRRSV-inoculated pigs had severe dyspnea, lethargy, and occasional icterus; after 10 dpi, mortality in this group was 10/11 (91%), and all PCV2/ PRRSV-inoculated pigs were dead by 20 dpi. PCV2-inoculated pigs developed lethargy and sporadic icterus, and 8/19 (42%) developed exudative epidermitis; mortality was 5/19 (26%). PRRSV-inoculated pigs developed dyspnea and mild lethargy that resolved by 28 dpi. Microscopic lesions consistent with postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) were present in both PCV2- and PCV2/PRRSV-inoculated pigs and included lymphoid depletion, necrotizing hepatitis, mild necrotizing bronchiolitis, and infiltrates of macrophages that occasionally contained basophilic intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies in lymphoid and other tissues. PCV2/ PRRSV-inoculated pigs also had severe proliferative interstitial pneumonia and more consistent hepatic lesions. The most severe lesions contained the greatest number of PCV2 antigen-containing cells. PRRSV-inoculated pigs had moderate proliferative interstitial pneumonia but did not develop bronchiolar or hepatic lesions or lymphoid depletion. All groups remained seronegative to porcine parvovirus. The results indicate that 1) PCV2 coinfection increases the severity of PRRSV-induced interstitial pneumonia in CD/CD pigs and 2) PCV2 but not PRRSV induces the lymphoid depletion, granulomatous inflammation, and necrotizing hepatitis characteristic of PMWS.     

近年来上海地区病死猪主要病毒病感染状况调查

为掌握动物疫情动态,消除疫情隐患,及时了解上海及周边地区猪主要病毒病的流行趋势,采用实时荧光RT-PCR方法对2006～2009年上海地区规模猪场和养猪散户送检的门诊收集的临床病例样本进行主要病毒病的病原学检测,主要包括猪瘟病毒（Classicalswine fever virus,CSFV）、猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒（Porcinereproductive and respiratory syndrome virus,PRRSV）、猪伪狂犬病毒（Pseudorabiesvirus,PRV）和猪圆环病毒2型（Porcinecircovirustype2,PCV2）,通过,临床检测,结果表明这些病原在上海及周边地区是普遍存在的,给猪病防疫带来了重大隐患。     

Evidence of porcine circovirus infection in pigs with wasting disease syndrome from 1985 to 1999 in Hokkaido, Japan

An epizootiological survey with histopathological methods was conducted for porcine circovirus in 220 diseased pigs (1-200 days old) in 49 farms from 1985 to 1999. Histopathological lesions containing PCV antigen were detected mainly in the lymphoid tissues from 42 of 189 diseased pigs (22.2%) in 4 of 45 farms (8.9%) from 1990 to 1999. The rate of positive pigs gradually increased from 1997 onward and PCV infection was found in 50% of diseased pigs in 1999. Histopathologically, the lesions in the lymphoid tissues (including lymph nodes, Peyer's patches, tonsil and spleen) were highly correlated with the presence of numerous spherical basophilic intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies with PCV antigen, and consisted of lymphocellular depletion and infiltration of macrophages. Although most affected cells showed cytoplasmic reactivity for PCV, intranuclear antigen was also seen in the lymphocytes, macrophages and ileal epithelial cells. Ultrastructurally, macrophages and giant cells contained electron-dense, round to ovoid lysosomal bodies, in which there were concentric circle or paracrystalline arrays of small nonenveloped icosahedral viral particles, approximately 15-17 nm in diameter. Other consistent infectious agents were present in 90.5% of cases, and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus infection was in 52.4% of the cases with PCV. The histopathological findings suggested that PCV induced systemic immunosuppression in the infected pigs and made them more susceptible to infection of the organisms. Because of the presence of PCV antigens in the intestinal epithelium, feces may play a significant role in dissemination of PCV.     

2009年我国猪群中猪圆环病毒2型感染情况调查

为了解我国猪群中猪圆环病毒2型（Porcine circovirustype2,PCV2）的感染情况,分析感染与猪年龄的关系,本试验于2009年在我国28个省市的71个中小规模场、22个屠宰场和62家散养户采集了2905份猪血清样品,用PCR法对PCV2进行检测。结果显示,检出阳性血清429份,阳性率为14．8％。在被调查的场／P中,86．4％屠宰场、52．1％中小规模场和58．1％散养户为PCV2感染阳性,其中48．6％的PCV2阳性中小规模场的群阳性率低于10％。分析中小规模场PCV2感染情况和猪年龄之间的关系发现,在5个年龄组中,2～4周龄组未检出PCV2感染,5周龄以上各组均检出PCV2感染,其中11～14周龄组和15～26周龄组阳性率较高,高于5～7周龄组和8～10周龄组。     

猪圆环病毒Ⅱ型流行病学新特点及致病机理研究进展

猪圆环病毒是猪圆环病毒病的主要致病因素,该病给养猪业带来很大的经济损失。猪圆环病毒变异较快,是单链DNA病毒中最高的;易感猪主要通过消化道和呼吸道水平传播而感染,猪圆环病毒Ⅱ型(PCV2)人工或自然感染猪的排泄物、鼻腔、口腔和扁桃体拭子和患畜的尿液和粪便中均能检测到PCV2。断奶仔猪多系统衰竭综合征(PMWS)的发病主要与猪体内PCV2含量有关。PCV2特异抗体对猪群的PCV2感染具有保护作用。PCV2诱导猪继发性免疫缺陷,淋巴细胞缺失,影响PCV2感染结果的因素有:病毒、宿主、混合感染和免疫调节等。