Features of porcine circovirus-2 disease: correlations between lesions, amount and distribution of virus, and clinical outcome.

Tissue sets from 36 snatch-farrowed colostrum-deprived (SF/CD) and 71 Caesarian-derived gnotobiotic swine infected with porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV-2) as neonates were examined and scored for the types and tissue distribution of histologic lesions associated with this viral infection. The occurrence and severity of these lesions were correlated with qualitative and quantitative determinations of viral burden in tissues by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and tissue titrations for infectious virus, respectively. These measures were, in turn, related to 1 of 3 categories of clinical disease expressed in PCV-2-infected swine as subclinical infection, preclinical postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS), and clinically evident PMWS, respectively. Statistically significant (P < 0.05 to 0.001) associations between both measures of viral burden, the severity of histologic lesions and the stage of disease were obtained. Discrimination between and among categories of disease was best accomplished by a combination of IHC and histopathology. The results of this study confirm that viral burden in PCV-2-infected tissues, specifically lymphoid tissues and liver, directly correlate with severity of clinical disease expression in PCV-2 infected swine.     

Viral wasting syndrome of swine: experimental reproduction of postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome in gnotobiotic swine by coinfection with porcine circovirus 2 and porcine parvovirus

One-day-old gnotobiotic piglets were inoculated intranasally with in vitro passaged porcine circovirus 1 (PCV-1), PCV-2, and porcine parvovirus (PPV) alone or in combination (PCV-1/PCV-2, PCV-1/PPV, and PCV-2/PPV). Piglets were evaluated for 1) the development of porcine postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS), 2) distribution of viral antigens by immunochemistry, and 3) viremia and the presence of viral DNA in nasal and ocular secretions and feces. All single agent-infected piglets and piglets infected with PCV-1/PCV-2 or PCV-1/PPV were clinically asymptomatic. They were transiently viremic and seroconverted to homologous virus(es). At termination of the study on postinfection day (PID) 35, microscopic lesions were restricted to focal inflammatory cell infiltrates in livers and myocardia. One piglet given PCV-1/PPV was PPV viremic for 2 weeks after infection and had lymphangiectasia of the spiral and descending colon associated with granulomatous inflammation. All four PCV-2/PPV-inoculated piglets developed PMWS, characterized by sudden onset of depression and anorexia, icterus, and submucosal edema. One piglet became moribund on PID 27, and the remaining three piglets were euthanatized between PID 27 and PID 30 because of severe disease. Lymph nodes were small and the livers were mottled. Disseminated angiocentric granulomatous inflammation was present in all tissues examined except the brain. Multiple lightly basophilic intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies were identified in macrophages and histiocytes. PCV-2 antigen was widely distributed within macrophages; PPV antigen was sparse. Hepatocellular necrosis and bile retention were prominent. PCV-2 DNA was identified in ocular, fecal, and nasal secretions. Terminal sera contained antibodies to PPV (4/4) and PCV-2 (3/ 4). Production of PMWS in gnotobiotic swine appears to require PCV-2 and additional infectious agents such as PPV for full disease expression in gnotobiotic piglets.     

猪圆环病毒免疫学研究进展

猪圆环病毒(PCV)在世界范围内广泛存在,可引起断奶仔猪多系统衰竭综合征(PMWS)、猪皮炎-肾病综合征(PDNS)和猪呼吸系统疾病症候群,给养猪业造成重大经济损失.已有研究表明,PCV-2感染和免疫刺激作用在PMWS发生中起关键作用,母源抗体对PMWS发生有被动保护作用,通过对初产母猪和经产母猪进行PCV-2免疫,增加母源性免疫和降低病毒血症的措施可以减少PMWS对仔猪死亡的影响.PCV-2疫苗现在已经在商业上应用,疫苗对PCV-2复制和PCVD的诱导增强作用似乎依赖于疫苗佐剂的类型和疫苗的接种时间.因此,基于有效的试验,在发生过PMWS感染的猪群,应该根据PCV-2感染的时间有目的地制定免疫接种方案,以控制或者减少PMWS的发生.     

Activation of the immune system is the pivotal event in the production of wasting disease in pigs infected with porcine circovirus-2 (PCV-2)

Porcine circovirus (PCV)-2, a newly described single-stranded circular DNA virus pathogen of swine is the cause of postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS). In gnotobiotic piglets, PCV-2 infection alone produces asymptomatic infection without evidence of overt PMWS. Gnotobiotic piglets infected with PCV-2 were injected with keyhole limpet hemocyanin in incomplete Freund's adjuvant (KLH/ICFA), and the effects on virus production and development of PMWS were determined. In the first experiment, piglets were injected subcutaneously on the left hip and shoulder, and viral burden was assessed in regional lymph nodes draining the injection sites and in contralateral lymph nodes 13-14 days after infection. Immune activation increased the number of virus antigen-positive cells in draining lymph nodes and increased the amount of infectious virus recovered by 1-4 log10. In a second experiment, the effects of injections of KLH/ICFA with or without concurrent stimulation of peritoneal macrophages by intraperitoneal injections of thioglycollate broth on induction of PMWS was assessed. All immunized piglets developed moderate to severe PMWS, whereas none of the piglets infected with PCV-2 alone developed PMWS. In PMWS-affected piglets, extensive replication of PCV-2 was documented by both immunocytochemistry and quantitative viral titrations. Thus, immune activation is a key component of the pathogenesis of PCV-2-associated PMWS in swine.     

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.     

山东种公猪精液携带主要病原的检测

采用PCR技术,对2007年-2009年山东部分地区的38个猪场和人工授精站的生产公猪精液样品727份进行了猪瘟病毒(CSFV)、猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒(PRRSV)、伪狂犬病病毒(PRV)、猪圆环病毒2型(PCV-2)和猪细小病毒(PPV)5种主要病原的检测。结果检出CSFV、PRRSV、PRV、PCV-2和PPV的阳性数和阳性率分别为18份(2.48%)、27份(3.71%)、7份(0.96%)、33份(4.54%)、9份(1.24%),有7份样品为2种以上病原混合感染,其中以PRRSV+PCV-2混合感染最多。结果表明精液传播病毒仍是当前母猪繁殖障碍的重要原因之一,应重点加强对种公猪的疫病净化和公猪精液管理,从源头控制传染源。     

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。     

Clinical and pathological observations on pigs with postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome

The aim of this work was to characterise the lesions and agents present in clinically normal and clinically affected pigs on a farm during an outbreak of postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS), and to evaluate the diagnostic techniques for detecting porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV-2) and other microorganisms. Four pigs in the early stage and 11 pigs in the late stage of the disease, and eight clinically normal pigs were necropsied. Samples of lymphoid tissue and serum were also obtained from 12 slaughter pigs from the same farm. The tissues were examined histopathologically, and in situ hybridisation, serology and PCR were used to detect porcine circovirus type 1 (PCV-1) and/or PCV-2 in tissues and/or sera. The presence of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), Aujeszky's disease virus (ADV) and porcine parvovirus (PPV) were also investigated. Characteristic microscopical lesions of PMWS were observed in the lymphoid tissues of the pigs in all three necropsied groups; the lesions were most common and severe in the pigs in the early stage of the disease, less so in the pigs in the late stage of the disease, and least in the clinically normal pigs. PCV-2 infection was detected in all the necropsied pigs by in situ hybridisation and PCR. Only three pigs had the PCV-1 genome in serum or lymph node tissue. In contrast, the slaughter pigs had no microscopical lesions and no PCV-2 nucleic acid in their serum or tissues, and only one of them had the pCV-1 genome in its serum. Immunohistochemical, serological and PCR studies revealed that PRRSV and ADV were also present on the farm during the outbreak.     

Case-control study on the association of porcine circovirus type 2 and other swine viral pathogens with postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome.

A field-based case-control study was conducted to assess the strength of association of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) and some major swine viruses with postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS). Cases were defined as individual pigs with a clinical history of progressive weight loss and histopathological lesions characteristic of PMWS. Controls were pigs without clinical signs and histopathological lesions typical of PMWS. A total of 31 cases and 56 controls was identified from diagnostic submissions. Serum and various tissues were collected from all animals and assayed for PCV, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), porcine parvovirus, porcine enterovirus types 1-3, swine influenza virus, porcine respiratory coronavirus, transmissible gastroenteritis virus, porcine endogenous retrovirus, porcine lymphotropic herpesvirus type 1, and bovine viral diarrhea virus. The proportion of case and control pigs positive for each virus was determined and statistically compared for determining the strength of the association that each virus had with PMWS individually or in combinations. Porcine circovirus type 2 had the strongest association (OR = 9.3, P = 0.006) with PMWS among the viruses tested for. Risk for PWMS was much higher (OR = 31.2, P = 0.0009) if the animal was concurrently infected with PCV2 and PRRSV, suggesting that development of PMWS may be enhanced by cofactor(s). Because PCV2 was also found in 62.5% of the controls, PCV2 from 5 cases and 4 controls were selected and genetically compared. No significant genetic difference was observed between PCV2 from PMWS and control pigs.     

猪圆环病毒2型致病机制研究进展

猪圆环病毒2型(PCV-2)感染可导致一系列病征,包括断奶仔猪多系统衰竭征(PMWS)、仔猪先天性震颤(CT)、母猪繁殖障碍、猪皮炎肾病综合征(PDNS)及猪呼吸道综合征(PRDC),其中以PMWS对养猪业危害最大.PCV-2具有自身特有生物学特性.PCV-2可感染不同年龄段猪而产生临床上症状不同的疾病,能诱发仔猪产生免疫抑制后继发感染和混合感染其他病原.论文结合PCV-2的分子生物学特性和发病特征,从分子生物学角度、病毒组织嗜性、宿主细胞增殖特性及免疫刺激方面,对PCV-2致病机制进行综述,为防控PCV-2感染提供参考.     

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。     

猪圆环病毒病研究进展

猪圆环病毒病是最近 1 0多年来才发现的一种新的猪病。研究表明 ,Ⅱ型猪圆环病毒 (PCV 2 )不仅是断奶仔猪多系统衰竭综合症 (PMWS)的病原 ,而且能够引起多种猪病。近年来 ,由PCV 2引起的疾病主要有PMWS、猪皮炎及肾病综合征、猪增生性坏死性肺炎等 ,另外 ,猪呼吸与繁殖障碍综合征、猪细小病毒、传染性先天性震颤等均与PCV 2感染有重要关联。随着规模化养殖业的不断发展 ,由PCV 2引起的疫病呈上升趋势 ,给全世界养猪业带来了巨大的经济损失。为了探讨有效控制本病的方法 ,特对该病的病原学、流行病学、致病机理、诊断及防制措施的研究情况进行了综述     

Postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) in pigs with particular emphasis on the causative agent, the mode of transmission, the diagnostic tools and the control measures. A review

Postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) is a worldwide emerging disease of weaned piglets. The objective of this review is to summarize the current knowledge regarding PMWS, its causative agent, mode of transmission, diagnostic techniques to detect PCV-2, the possible control measures, and the association of PMWS and PCV-2 with porcine dermatitis and nephropathy syndrome (PDNS). The causative agent of PMWS is porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV-2), however, not all pigs infected with PCV-2 develop the syndrome. PCV-2 is consistently associated with PMWS and PMWS is considered not to occur without it. Both the syndrome and the virus are not regarded as new. Co-factors that could activate PCV-2 to cause PMWS are considered. This enigmatic nature of both the syndrome and the virus is triggering a concern towards uncertainties of the viral transmission, its introduction in to the herd, effective tools of diagnosis, and control strategies.     

Detection of Porcine Circovirus Type 2, Porcine Parvovirus and Porcine Pseudorabies Virus from Pigs with Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome by Multiplex PCR

Multiplex PCR was established to detect porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV-2), porcine parvovirus (PPV) and porcine pseudorabies virus (PRV) and applied to samples from 137 piglets exhibiting clinical signs of postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS). PCV-2 DNA was detected from all samples. Moreover, 43 samples were positive for PPV but negative for PRV; 11 samples were positive for PRV but negative for PPV; and 35 samples were positive both for PPV and PRV. These results suggests that PCV-2 co-infection with PRV and PPV may play an important role in PMWS. Also, multiplex PCR is an appropriate candidate method for diagnosis of PCV-2, PRV and PPV simultaneously in field cases.     

Prevalence of infection with porcine circovirus-2 (PCV-2) and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) in an integrated swine production system experiencing postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome

The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of infection with porcine circovirus-2 (PCV-2) and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) through a longitudinal study in an integrated swine production system (7 farms) experiencing postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS). Risk factors for PCV-2 infection and for PCV-2 and PRRSV coinfection were also evaluated. Fifteen sows from each herd and 4 non-cross-fostered piglets from each sow were randomly selected at farrowing and ear-tagged at birth. Serum samples were analyzed for antibodies to PCV-2 and for detection of the PCV-2 and PRRSV genomes. Statistical analyses involved 2 approaches. The 1st approach characterized the dynamics of PCV-2 infection and their relationship with PRRSV infection. The 2nd approach analyzed the probability of being infected by PCV-2 or by both PCV-2 and PRRSV through a generalized linear mixed model incorporating sow and farm characteristics. At the 1st sampling time (1 wk of age), there was a significant relationship between sow PCV-2 infection and piglet PCV-2 infection (P < 0.0001). The risk of PCV-2 and PRRSV coinfection was 1.85 times greater in piglets from a sow with low titers of PCV-2 antibodies than in piglets from sows with medium to high titers (P = 0.03) and was 2.54, 2.40, and 2.02 times greater, respectively, in piglets from primiparous sows, PCV-2-infected sows, and farms in an area of high pig density than in piglets from sows of higher parity (P = 0.004), noninfected sows (P = 0.04), and farms in a low-density area (P = 0.09).     

The presence of co-infections in pigs with clinical signs of PMWS in The Netherlands: a case-control study

In this study, 60 pigs with clinical signs of post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) from 20 different pig herds and 180 control pigs (without clinical signs of PMWS) were examined to get more insights into the frequencies of porcine circovirus 2 infections and the presence of co-infections in pigs with and without clinical signs of PMWS in the Netherlands. Porcine circovirus type 2 was detected in 100% of the pigs with clinical signs of PMWS by virus isolation and/or PCR and in 50% of the pigs from PMWS-free herds. There was an association between the levels of infectious PCV2 and/or PCV2 DNA load and the severity of clinical signs as described for PMWS. A high variation in PCV2 antibody titres was found in the clinically affected pigs, and 27% of these pigs did not mount PCV2 antibody titres higher than 1:200. A concurrent infection of PCV2 and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) was found in at least 83% of the pigs with clinical signs of PMWS and in 35% of the pigs from PMWS-free herds. Co-infections of European- and American-type PRRSV were detected only in PMWS herds and in one control herd with a history of PMWS clinical signs.     

猪瘟、猪圆环病毒病和猪繁殖与呼吸综合征寡核苷酸芯片诊断方法的建立与初步应用

猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒（PRRSV）、猪瘟病毒（CSFV）和猪圆环病毒Ⅱ型（PCV-2）是引发猪繁殖障碍的主要病原,建立其基因芯片快速检测体系,对开发猪繁殖障碍快速检测试剂盒具有重要意义。根据GenBank中已发表的PRRSV、CSFV和PCV-2的病毒基因组序列,设计合成特异性引物和特异性较强的60mer的寡核苷酸探针,并将探针按所设计阵列固定于表面经氨基化修饰的玻片上,制备出寡核苷酸芯片。通过引物标记及特异性验证,建立了带标记引物的多重PCR检测体系,从而产生大量可与寡核苷酸探针特异性互补的带标记的DNA片段。将标有荧光染料的扩增产物与芯片上寡核苷酸探针杂交,扫描、分析芯片上荧光信号。结果表明,芯片上各样本对应探针位点呈现阳性荧光信号,而阴性对照和空白对照则基本不能检测到荧光信号。分别用基因芯片检测方法和PCR/RT-PCR检测60份临床病料,两者符合率高达92%,表明该检测技术能够用于临床病料的检测及快速诊断PRRSV、CSFV和PCV-2。     

The emergence of porcine circovirus 2b genotype (PCV-2b) in swine in Canada

Since late 2004, the swine industry in the province of Quebec has experienced a significant increase in death rate related to postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS). To explain this phenomenon, 2 hypotheses were formulated: 1) the presence of a 2nd pathogen could be exacerbating the porcine circovirus 2 (PCV-2) infection, or 2) a new and more virulent PCV-2 strain could be infecting swine. In 2005, 13 PMWS cases were submitted to the Quebec provincial diagnostic laboratory and PCV-2 was the only virus that could be found consistently by PCR in all 13 samples. The PCR detection results obtained for other viruses revealed the following: 61.5% were positive for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus, 30.8% for swine influenza virus, 15.4% for porcine parvovirus, 69.2% for swine torque teno virus (swTTV), 38.5% for swine hepatitis E virus (swHEV) and 84.6% for Mycoplasma hyorhinis; transmissible gastroenteritis virus and porcine respiratory coronavirus (TGEV/PRCV) was not detected. Sequences of the entire genome revealed that these PCV-2 strains belonged to a genotype (named PCV-2b) that has never been reported in Canada. Further sequence analyses on 83 other Canadian PCV-2 positive cases submitted to the provincial diagnostic laboratory during years 2005 and 2006 showed that 79.5% of the viral sequences obtained clustered in the PCV-2b genotype. The appearance of the PCV-2b genotype in Canada may explain the death rate increase related to PMWS, but this relationship has to be confirmed.     

安徽省猪呼吸道疾病五种病原的分离与鉴定

猪呼吸系统疾病目前是困扰我国养猪业主要疾病之一。为了弄清安徽省猪呼吸道疾病主要致病微生物,本研究利用细菌学鉴定技术、RT-PCR技术对2010年-2011年安徽省皖南、皖中、皖北地区采集的180份呼吸障碍性病(死)猪病料进行了猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒、圆环病毒2型、链球菌、巴氏杆菌、副猪嗜血杆菌等5种病原进行了分离鉴定。结果显示,猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒感染率高达68%,圆环病毒2型感染率高达83.3%;猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒与圆环病毒2型混合感染率达27.8%,猪链球菌感染率为22.8%。结果提示,猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒缺失株、圆环病毒2型、链球菌的普遍感染是近年安徽省猪呼吸道疾病的重要致病病原,研究结果为安徽省今后猪群呼吸道疫病防控策略的制定提供了参考依据。     

Retrospective serological survey of Porcine circovirus-2 infection in Mexico

Postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) is considered a multifactorial emerging disease of which Porcine circovirus-2 (PCV-2) is the necessary infectious cause. However, retrospective studies have shown that PMWS is not a new disease and that PCV-2 has been circulating in pig farms for years. Most of these studies were performed in Europe and Asia; only a few were performed in North or South America.