Laboratory assessment of recovery of porcine circovirus 2 and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus using 2 commercial hollow-fiber ultrafilters
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2025-02-28
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Firnstahl, Aaron D.
Doughan, Gabrielle E.
Opelt, Sarah A.
Cook, Rachel M.
Heffron, Joseph A.
Krueger, Karen M.
Borchardt, Mark A.
Stokdyk, Joel P.
Burch, Tucker R.
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Groundwater near swine farms is an uninvestigated reservoir for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and porcine circoviruses (PCVs). Enteric microorganisms are often collected from groundwater via dead-end ultrafiltration, but recovery of PRRSV and PCV with this method has not been assessed. We recovered PRRSV2 and PCV2 by dead-end ultrafiltration followed by polyethylene glycol (PEG) precipitation, nucleic acid extraction, and reverse-transcription quantitative real-time PCR. We also compared 2 commercial hemodialysis ultrafilters (Asahi Kasei Rexeed-25A, Nipro Elisio-25H) and compared PRRSV2 recovery in these filters to other waterborne microorganisms. On average, 8 ± 1% of PRRSV2 was recovered by dead-end ultrafiltration and PEG precipitation, compared to 25 ± 6% for adenovirus 41. Full-process recovery of bacteria in the same filters was 5–15%; Cryptosporidium parvum recovery was 42 ± 12%. PCV2 was detected in 4 of 12 replicate filters, but low stock concentrations precluded quantitative recovery estimates. Elisio-25H ultrafilters performed similarly to Rexeed-25A filters for all organisms tested and is an effective replacement for the Rexeed-25A, which is no longer available in the United States. Our recovery of PRRSV2 and PCV2 by dead-end ultrafiltration in the laboratory suggests that PRRSV2 detection limits are as low as 3–50 genomic copies/L in sample volumes of 100–1,500 L. Based on quantitative microbial risk assessment, these concentrations are relevant to PRRSV2 infection rates in the U.S. swine herd.
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This article is published as Firnstahl, Aaron D., Gabrielle E. Doughan, Sarah A. Opelt, Rachel M. Cook, Joseph A. Heffron, Karen M. Krueger, Mark A. Borchardt, Locke A. Karriker, Joel P. Stokdyk, and Tucker R. Burch. "Laboratory assessment of recovery of porcine circovirus 2 and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus using 2 commercial hollow-fiber ultrafilters." Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation (2025): 10406387251322506. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/10406387251322506.
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