TABLE 4.

PCV‐3 PCR detection in pigs suffering from neurological disorders

			% (and proportion) of PCR positivity
Clinical signs/lesions	Production phase	Tested samples	Diseased animals	Healthy animals	Country	Reference
Neurological signs	Suckling	Tissue pool	100.0% (1/1)*	NI	USA	Phan et al., 2016
Congenital tremors	Suckling	Brain	100.0% (7/7)	NI	China	Chen et al., 2017
Congenital tremors, neurological signs in piglets after birth and multisystemic inflammation/non‐suppurative encephalomyelitis	Suckling	Brain, other tissues	100.0% (3/3)	NI	UK	Williamson et al., 2021
Tremors, weak‐born neonatal piglets/myocarditis, encephalitis, gliosis and lymphocytic perivascular cuffing	Suckling	Brain, other tissues	100.0% (2/2)	NI	USA	Arruda et al., 2019

*NGS results.

NA: non‐available information in the published manuscript; NI: not included in the published manuscript.