Zhang M, Liu CC, Huang Y, Hill JE, Araya MB, Ojkic D, Gagnon CA. Phylogenetic analysis of porcine circovirus 3 circulating in Canadian pigs.
Vet Med Sci 2022;
8:1969-1974. [PMID:
35636428 PMCID:
PMC9514502 DOI:
10.1002/vms3.851]
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Abstract
Introduction
Porcine circovirus 3 (PCV3) has been detected in pigs worldwide and associated with several clinical signs.
Methods
To investigate the genetic diversity of PCV3 strains circulating in Canada, 44 PCV3 positive samples from Saskatchewan (2/44), Manitoba (2/44), Quebec (4/44), Alberta (11/44) and Ontario (25/44) submitted to diagnostic laboratories in Canada between 2019 and 2021 were sequenced and analyzed.
Results
Phylogenetic analysis of capsid genes showed that all of the 44 Canadian strains classified into PCV3a and segregated into seven lineages with common amino acid changes observed at A24V, R27K, N56D, T77S, Q98R, L150I (F) and R168K positions.
Conclusion
Future studies are required to determine whether the polymorphisms in capsid proteins, as revealed in this study, could be associated with differences in the pathogenicity or antigenicity of PCV3 strains. This is the first phylogenetic analysis of PCV3 strains among different provinces in Canada.
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