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RT-PCR test for detecting porcine sapovirus in weanling piglets in Hunan Province, China

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The prevalence of porcine sapovirus infection in weanling pigs was investigated in Hunan Province, China, between August 2006 and October 2007. A total of 153 diarrheic fecal samples from ten intensive pig farms from ten representative administrative regions in Hunan province were examined for porcine sapoviruses using RT-PCR. Twenty-two of 153 (14.37 %) samples were found to contain porcine sapoviruses. Phylogenetic analysis showed that all the porcine sapovirus isolates in Hunan Province belonged to the porcine sapovirus genogroup III. The results of the present investigation have implications for the control of porcine sapovirus infection in pigs in Hunan Province, China.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (project no. 30571390) and the Science and Technology Foundation of Hunan Province (grant no. 2007FJ1003).

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  1. College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan Province, 410128, People’s Republic of China

    Guo-Hua Liu, Run-Cheng Li, Ze-Bin Huang, Jun Yang, Chao-Ting Xiao, Jing Li, Man-Xiang Li, Yun-Qiu Yan & Xing-Long Yu

  2. Hunan Institute of Animal and Veterinary Science, Changsha, Hunan Province, 410128, People’s Republic of China

    Jun Yang

  3. Animal Husbandry and Aquaculture Bureau of Taojiang, Yiyang, Hunan Province, 410128, People’s Republic of China

    Jing Li

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Liu, GH., Li, RC., Huang, ZB. et al. RT-PCR test for detecting porcine sapovirus in weanling piglets in Hunan Province, China. Trop Anim Health Prod 44, 1335–1339 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-012-0138-9

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