Detection ofPorcine Circovirus Type 2 in Dead Pigs and Analysis on ItsComplete Genome Sequence
In order toaccurately detect porcine circovirus type 2(PCV2)and to analyze its genome sequence,a pair of degenerate primers and aprobe were designed based on sequence alignment analysis,after systematic optimization,a real-time PCR method was established,which could detect 10 copies ofplasmid DNA of PCV2,with no anycross reaction with classical swine fever virus and other viruses. Then twobatches of 45 organ samples collected from dead pigs were tested by establishedmethod,and 25 samples were detected to bepositive,the coincidence rate with nested-PCRwas 95.6%;for the three strong-positive samples,their complete gene fragments of PCV2were amplified by a pair of primers,then weresequenced and analyzed,and it wasfound that the genes of the three viruses were classified into two differentsubtypes(PCV2b and PCV2d). Therefore,it was of certain significance toconfirm relevant test results and recognize any variation of PCV2 by the abovemethod.