Table 2.
Fecal virus shedding of nursery pigs inoculated with porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) or porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV)1
| dpi2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Cycle threshold3 | |||||
| Control | 40.00 | 40.00 | 40.00 | 40.00 | 40.00 |
| PEDV | 34.73 | 31.98 | 30.12 | 27.49 | 27.86 |
| PDCoV | 40.00 | 39.07 | 32.98 | 38.43 | 39.91 |
| Positive pigs/total pigs | |||||
| Control | 0/25 | 0/25 | 0/21 | 0/21 | 0/21 |
| PEDV | 8/25 | 12/25 | 16/20 | 14/20 | 13/20 |
| PDCoV | 0/25 | 2/25 | 14/21 | 5/21 | 0/21 |
1Average cycle threshold of all pigs on test pigs. Positive pigs/total pigs represent pigs with Ct ≤ 37 that were positive for PEDV or PDCoV out of the total number of pigs sampled.
2dpi = day post inoculation.
3Cycle threshold (Ct) for positive = ≤ 37, suspect = 38 to 40, negative ≥ 40.