Histologic and phylogenetic examination in investigation of piglets with
congenital tremor (CT) on a farm in southeastern Austria, 2015. A)
Cerebellar white matter of CT-affected piglet showing multiple sharply
bordered vacuoles but normal myelination (stained in blue; luxol fast
blue/hematoxylin-eosin staining; original magnification ×10). B)
Control piglet with normal cerebellar white matter (original magnification
×10). C) Spinal cord white matter in CT-affected piglet shows a
severely reduced amount of myelin (original magnification ×10). D)
Control piglet with normal myelination of the spinal cord white matter
(original magnification ×10). E, F) Phylogenetic neighbor-joining
analysis using the nucleotide (E) and polyprotein (F) sequences of the novel
virus isolated from piglets, provisionally termed Linda virus (GenBank
accession no. KY436034); approved pestivirus species BVDV-1 NADL (accession
no. M31182.1), BVDV-2 890 (accession no. U18059.1), CSFV Alfort_187
(accession no. X87939.1), and BDV X818 (accession no. AF037405.1); and
tentative species Bungowannah virus (accession no. EF100713.2), sheep
pestivirus Aydin (accession no. NC_018713.1), pronghorn pestivirus
(accession no. NC_024018.2), reindeer pestivirus (accession no. AF144618.2),
giraffe pestivirus (accession no. NC_003678.1), BVDV-3 D32_00_HoBi
(accession no. AB871953.1), APPV NL1 (accession no. KX929062.1),
Rhinolophus affinis pestivirus (accession no.
JQ814854.1), and Norway rat pestivirus (accession no. KJ950914.1). Assumed
relationships between the species are shown in a radial branching diagram
with numbers indicating the bootstrap values of 1,000 replicates in
percentages. Scale bars indicate number of substitutions per site. BDV,
border disease virus; BVDV, bovine viral diarrhea virus; CSFV, classical
swine fever virus.