Table 3.
Prevalence of porcine sapleoviruses in different age groups of pigs based on the results of 3DRdRp RT-PCR screening reactions
Age group |
No. of animals |
Nasal swabs |
Rectal swabs/faeces |
Serum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Suckling pigs (0–35 days) |
31/38 (81.2 %) |
16/29 (55.2 %) |
27/38 (71.1 %) |
n/a
|
Nursery pigs (36–77 days) |
9/10 (90.0 %) |
0/10 (0 %) |
9/10 (90.0 %) |
1/10 (10 %) |
Fattening pigs (78–140 days) |
3/6 (50.0 %) |
n/a
|
3/6 (50.0 %) |
n/a
|
First parity sows (>140 days) |
1/8 (12.5%) |
n/a
|
1/8 (12.5 %) |
n/a
|
∑ |
44/62 (71.0 %) |
16/39 (41.0 %) |
40/62 (64.5 %) |
1/10 (10.0 %) |
n/a, sample not available; No: number of