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Detection of respiratory viruses in cases of porcine respiratory disease in nurseries.
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  • Gerard Martín-Valls,
  • Yanli Li,
  • Ivan Díaz,
  • Esmeralda Cano,
  • Silvana Sosa Portugal,
  • Enric Mateu
Gerard Martín-Valls
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona Facultat de Veterinaria

Corresponding Author:gerard.martin@uab.cat

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Yanli Li
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona Facultat de Veterinaria
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Ivan Díaz
IRTA-CReSA-UAB edifici CReSA campus UAB 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès Spain
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Esmeralda Cano
IRTA-CReSA-UAB edifici CReSA campus UAB 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès Spain
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Silvana Sosa Portugal
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona Facultat de Veterinaria
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Enric Mateu
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona Facultat de Veterinaria
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Abstract

Respiratory disease in weaned pigs is a common problem in the field, with a complex aetiology of both viruses and bacteria. In the present study, we investigated the presence of eleven viruses in nasal swabs collected from nurseries (fifty-five clinical outbreaks) under the suspicion of swine influenza A virus (swIAV) by cough and fever. The other ten viruses included influenza B (IBV) and influenza D viruses (IDV), Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), Porcine respiratory coronavirus (PRCV), Porcine cytomegalovirus (PCMV), porcine circoviruses 2 (PCV2), 3 (PCV3) and 4 (PCV), Porcine parainfluenza 1 virus (PPIV1) and Swine orthopneumovirus (SOV). Twenty-nine swIAV-positive cases and twenty-six cases of swIAV-negative respiratory disease were primarily established. IBV, IBD, PCV4 and PPIV1 were not found in any case, while PRCV, SOV, and PCMV were more likely to be found in swIAV-positive nurseries with respiratory disease ( p<0.05) although, globally, PCV3, PRRSV, and PCMV were the most frequently detected agents on herd level. At an individual level, the prevalence of different viruses was: swIAV 48.6%; PRCV 48.0%; PRRSV 31.6%; SOV 33.8%; PCMV 48.3%, PCV2 36.0%; and PCV3 33.0%. Beyond that, it was common to find animals with low Ct values (< 30) for all agents except for PCV2 and PCV3. When analysed the association between different pathogens, PRCV was the one with the most associations. It positively interacted ( p < 0.05) with swIAV and SOV but was negatively associated ( p < 0.05) with PRRSV and PCVM. Besides these, swIAV and PRRSV were negatively related (p < 0.05). Further analysis of suckling pigs showed that circulation of PRCV, PCMV, SOV, and PCV3 started in the maternities, suggesting a role of the sows in the transmission. Overall, our data may contribute to a better understanding of the complex aetiology and the epidemiology of respiratory disease in weaners. This is the first report of SOV in Spain.