| diagnostic investigation of porcine periweaning failure-to-thrive syndrome: lack of compelling evidence linking to common porcine pathogens. | porcine periweaning failure-to-thrive syndrome (pfts), an increasingly recognized syndrome in the swine industry of north america, is characterized by the anorexia of nursery pigs noticeable within 1 week of weaning, and progressive loss of body condition and lethargy during the next 1-2 weeks. morbidity caused by pfts is moderate, but case fatality is high. the etiology of pfts is presently unknown and may include infectious agent(s), noninfectious factors, or both. pfts was identified in a hig ... | 2011 | 22362939 |
| a taqman-based real-time pcr for detection and quantification of porcine parvovirus 4. | porcine parvovirus 4 (ppv4) is a dna virus, and a member of the parvoviridae family within the bocavirus genera. it was detected recently in swine, but its epidemiology and pathology remain unclear. a taqman-based real-time pcr (qpcr) targeting a conserved region of the orf3 gene of ppv4 was developed. the qpcr detection limit was 9.5 × 10(1) dna copies/μl. there was no cross-reaction with porcine parvovirus, torque teno virus 1, torque teno virus 2, porcine circovirus type 1, porcine circovirus ... | 2015 | 25813599 |