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Experimental coinfection of SPF pigs with porcine circovirus type 2 isolated in Brazil and porcine parvovirus

The virulence of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) isolated in Santa Catarina State by coinfection with porcine parvovirus (PPV) was investigated. Twenty-four, 5-day-old SPF pigs were distributed into four groups, housed in separate rooms and inoculated by intranasal route: G1 - control (n=4); G2 - inoculated with PCV2 (n=7); G3 - inoculated with PPV (n=6); G4 - inoculated with PCV2 and PPV (n=7). The animals were monitored daily for clinical evaluation and were necropsied 48 days after the infection. The pathological lesions seen in G2 and G4 pigs were: enlargement of lymph nodes, mild to moderate lymphoid cell depletion, affecting lymphoid follicles in lymphoid organs and presence of infiltration by eosinophils in lymph nodes. PCV2 DNA was detected by a nested-PCR in all pigs of G2 and G4. These findings confirmed that pigs were successfully infected intranasally with PCV2. The presence of PCV2 DNA in tissue samples and the pathological lesions were more evident in pigs infected with both PCV2 and PPV than in pigs infected with PCV2 alone.

swine; porcine circovirus type 2; porcine parvovirus; post-weaning wasting syndrome


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