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http://dx.doi.org/10.5352/JLS.2017.27.3.283

Classifying Host Susceptibility Using Porcine Circovirus Type 2 Viral Load and Antibody Titer  

Lim, Kyu-Sang (College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University)
Lee, Eun-A (College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University)
Lee, Kyung-Tai (Division of Animal Genomics and Bioinformatics, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA)
Chun, Taehoon (College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University)
Hong, Ki-Chang (College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University)
Kim, Jun-Mo (Division of Animal Genomics and Bioinformatics, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA)
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Journal of Life Science / v.27, no.3, 2017 , pp. 283-288 More about this Journal
Abstract
Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) is a notorious and ubiquitous virus in the swine industry. The susceptibility of the host to PCV2 infection is considered to be one factor associated with the dynamics of PCV2. The objective of this study was to verify the criteria for host susceptibility to PCV2, using blood parameters of post-weaned pigs naturally infected with the virus. The PCV2 DNA viral load, antibody titer, and leukopenia characteristics were measured in the serum extracted from the pigs at the 10th week. We classified the pigs into high (>5.0), intermediate (3.0 to 5.0), and low (<3.0) groups on the basis of the PCV2 viral load (log copies/ml), or as positive (${\leq}0.50$) and negative (>0.50) groups on the basis of antibody titer (sample-to-negative corrected ratio). Moreover, using these two categorized parameters, we suggested the criteria for classification into the susceptible and resistant groups. Statistical analyses revealed that pigs in the susceptible group had a significantly higher viral load (p<0.001) and negative antibody titer (p<0.001), as well as significantly lower leukocyte counts (p=0.018) and lower amounts of several leukocyte components (p<0.05), than pigs in the resistant group. We concluded that the susceptible group could be considered to have PCV2-induced leukopenia. Therefore, we suggest that the combined classifications of viral loads and anti-PCV2 antibodies can be used to determine PCV2-induced leukopenia in the subclinical PCV2 infection of post-weaned pig populations.
Keywords
Antibody titer; host susceptibility; leukopenia; pig; porcine circovirus type 2; viral load;
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