%0 Journal Article
%T Detection of porcine circovirus genotypes 2a and 2b in aborted foetuses from infected swine herds in the State of S£¿o Paulo, Brazil
%A Alessnadra M.M.G. Castro
%A Ta¨ªs F Cruz
%A Vanessa R Salgado
%A Tatiana M Kanashiro
%A Karen L Ferrari
%A Jo£¿o P Araujo
%A Paulo E Brand£¿o
%A Leonardo J Richtzenhain
%J Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
%D 2012
%I BioMed Central
%R 10.1186/1751-0147-54-29
%X Samples of 168 aborted foetuses or mummified foetuses from five farrow-to-finish swine farms known to be infected with PCV2 and located in the State of S£¿o Paulo were tested for PCV2 by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Positive samples were additionally tested for porcine parvovirus (PPV), Leptospira spp. and Brucella spp. by PCR. PCV2 was detected in 18 of the samples (10.7%). PPV, Brucella spp. and Leptospira spp were found in 2, 10 and 0 cases, respectively. Eleven PCV2 strains were sequenced and determined to be either genotype 2a (n£¿=£¿1) or 2b (n£¿=£¿10).The findings indicate that the frequency of PCV2 infections in aborted porcine foetuses from the State of S£¿o Paulo is rather low (10.7%) and that co-infection with other pathogens is common and may be involved in PCV2 associated reproductive failure. No repeatable, characteristic amino acid motifs for regions of the PCV2 capsid protein seemed to be associated with abortion in sows.
%K Pig
%K Abortion
%K Porcine circovirus
%K Porcine parvovirus
%K Brucella
%U http://www.actavetscand.com/content/54/1/29/abstract