Establishment and Application of a RT-PCR Assay for Detection of Porcine Acute Diarrhea Syndrome Coronavirus
In order to establish a RT-PCR assay for detection of porcine acute diarrhea syndrome virus(SADS-CoV),three pairs of primers(P1,P2 and P3)were designed based on N gene sequence of SADS-CoV registered in NCBI,and the most appropriate primer was selected through the detection of SADS-CoV and other six kinds of viruses,followed by the optimization of reaction conditions including annealing temperature,primer concentration,dNTPs concentration,rTaq DNA polymerase concentration,cycle index,etc. The results showed that P3 primer was with the best specificity against SADS-CoV,and failed to react with other viruses. It was shown that,by sensitivity test,the lowest detection limit was 9.55×102 copies/μL;the established assay was with good repeatability as tested. 21 clinical samples from Guangdong were detected by the RT-PCR assay,4 positive samples were found,which was consistent with the sequencing results. Therefore,a RT-PCR assay was successfully established for detection of SADS-CoV,which was characterized by rapid detection,low cost,strong specificity,high sensitivity and good repeatability,and could be used for identification of SADS-CoV in practice.