Table 1 Results for detection of PAstVs in fecal and serum samples
From: Molecular epidemiology and viremia of porcine astrovirus in pigs from Guangxi province of China
Age groups | No. samples | Positive rate (%) of fecal samples | No.clonesa/PS | Positive rate (%) of the samples sequenced (2013–2015) | Positive rate (%) of serum samples (2015) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAstV1 | PAstV2 | PAstV3 | PAstV4 | PAstV5 | Farm A | Farm B | ||||
Suckling pigs | 141 | 58.2 (82/141) | 19/82 | 31.6(6/19) | 42.1(8/19) | 0 (0/19) | 10.5(2/19) | 15.8 (3/19) | 0 (0/20) | 5.0 (1/20) |
Nursery pigs | 145 | 71.0 (103/145) | 19/103 | 26.3(5/19) | 47.4(9/19) | 5.3(1/19) | 0(0/19) | 21.1 (4/19) | 10.0 (1/10) | 0 (0/10) |
Finisher pigs | 122 | 53.3 (65/122) | 10/65 | 20.0(2/10) | 60.0(6/10) | 0 (0/10) | 0 (0/10) | 20.0 (2/10) | 0 (0/10) | 0 (0/10) |
Sows | 124 | 40.3 (50/124) | 17/50 | 23.5(4/17) | 47.1(8/17) | 0(0/17) | 0 (0/17) | 29.4 (5/17) | 25.0 (5/20) | 0 (0/20) |
Total | 532 | 56.4 (300/532) | 72/300 | 26.2(17/65) | 47.7(31/65) | 1.5(1/65) | 3.1(2/65) | 21.5 (14/65) | 10.0 (6/60) | 1.7 (1/60) |