Longitudinal and Cross-Sectional Evaluation of Two Commercial Swine Breeding Herds to Characterize Neutralizing Antibody Levels following Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus Outbreaks
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2024-02-21
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Skoland, Kristin
Kittrell, Heather
Ellingson, Josh
Thomas, Paul
Ruston, Chelsea
Baum, David
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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Neutralizing antibodies to Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDV) can be detected by 3 weeks post-infection and remain detectable through at least 24 weeks post-infection. The objective of this study was to evaluate the levels of neutralizing antibodies in sow and piglet serum and sow milk to determine the duration of neutralizing antibodies following PEDV outbreaks. Two farms were selected for the study following outbreaks of PEDV. Monthly, cohorts of sows were sampled and followed through two farrowings. Following each farrowing, samples from piglets and milk were collected. Samples were evaluated for PEDV-neutralizing antibodies by a high-throughput fluorescent neutralization assay. Although neutralizing antibodies to PEDV can be detected throughout 15 months post-outbreak, a decrease in circulating neutralizing antibody levels is noted in farms beginning at six months post-outbreak. With decreasing levels, farms may become more vulnerable to PEDV outbreaks, and practitioners can focus on this time window to implement intervention strategies.
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This article is published as Brown, Justin, Kristin Skoland, Heather Kittrell, Josh Ellingson, Paul Thomas, Chelsea Ruston, David Baum, and Locke Karriker. "Longitudinal and Cross-Sectional Evaluation of Two Commercial Swine Breeding Herds to Characterize Neutralizing Antibody Levels following Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus Outbreaks." Viruses 16, no. 3 (2024): 324. doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/v16030324. Copyright: © 2024 by the authors. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).