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Viruses associated with congenital tremor and high lethality in piglets.
Possatti, F; Headley, S A; Leme, R A; Dall Agnol, A M; Zotti, E; de Oliveira, T E S; Alfieri, A F; Alfieri, A A.
Afiliação
  • Possatti F; Laboratory of Animal Virology, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
  • Headley SA; Laboratory of Animal Pathology, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
  • Leme RA; Multi-User Animal Health Laboratory, Tissue Processing Unit, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
  • Dall Agnol AM; Laboratory of Animal Virology, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
  • Zotti E; Multi-User Animal Health Laboratory, Molecular Biology Unit, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
  • de Oliveira TES; Laboratory of Animal Virology, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
  • Alfieri AF; Department of Veterinary Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Toledo, Paraná, Brazil.
  • Alfieri AA; Laboratory of Animal Pathology, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
Transbound Emerg Dis ; 65(2): 331-337, 2018 Apr.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29322653
The recently described atypical porcine pestivirus (APPV) has been associated with congenital tremor (CT) type A-II in piglets in different countries. Another important neurological pathogen of pigs is porcine teschovirus (PTV), which has been associated with non-suppurative encephalomyelitis in pigs with severe or mild neurological disorders. There have been no reports of APPV and/or PTV coinfection associated with CT or encephalomyelitis in Brazilian pig herds. The aim of this study was to describe the pathological and molecular findings associated with simultaneous infection of APPV and PTV in piglets with clinical manifestations of CT that were derived from a herd with high rates of CT-associated lethality. In 2017, three piglets from the same litter with CT died spontaneously. The principal pathological alterations in all piglets were secondary demyelination and hypomyelination at the cerebellum, brainstem and spinal cord confirmed by histopathology and luxol fast blue-cresyl violet stain. Additional significant pathological findings included multifocal neuronal necrosis, neuronophagia and gliosis found in the cerebral cortex and spinal cord of all piglets, while atrophic enteritis and mesocolonic oedema were observed in some of them. APPV and PTV RNA were detected in the central nervous system of affected piglets, and PTV was also detected in the intestine and faeces. The pathological alterations and molecular findings together suggest a dual infection due to APPV and PTV at this farm. Moreover, the combined effects of these pathogens can be attributed to the elevated piglet mortality, as coinfections involving PTV have a synergistic effect on the affected animals.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Doenças dos Suínos / Tremor / Infecções por Pestivirus / Pestivirus / Infecções por Picornaviridae / Teschovirus Tipo de estudo: Risk_factors_studies Limite: Animals País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Transbound Emerg Dis Assunto da revista: MEDICINA VETERINARIA Ano de publicação: 2018 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Alemanha

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Doenças dos Suínos / Tremor / Infecções por Pestivirus / Pestivirus / Infecções por Picornaviridae / Teschovirus Tipo de estudo: Risk_factors_studies Limite: Animals País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Transbound Emerg Dis Assunto da revista: MEDICINA VETERINARIA Ano de publicação: 2018 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Alemanha