Studies on the Age Resistance of Swine to Group A Rotavirus Infection
Open Access
- 1 March 1992
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Veterinary Pathology
- Vol. 29 (2) , 161-168
- https://doi.org/10.1177/030098589202900209
Abstract
To determine whether swine become naturally age resistant to group A rotavirus infection, colostrum-deprived, rotavirus-naive newborn pigs that were raised in isolation (n = 34) were studied. Neonatal pigs and pigs 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 weeks of age were inoculated orally with group A porcine rotavirus or mock inoculum and euthanatized at 24, 31, or 48 hours post-infection. Nine sections of small intestine, cecum, and colon were harvested and immunohistochemically examined for evidence of rotavirus replication within enterocytes. Infectivity was semiquantified by intestinal segment, and a composite score was obtained for each animal. In pigs inoculated at 1 week of age, enterocyte infection was mild and scattered; all other pigs became infected regardless of age or region of intestine, and older animals that became infected had infectivity scores similar to those of younger animals. In a second more limited study, pigs raised in the same isolation environment (n = 11) but previously exposed to virus and demonstrating rotavirus serum antibody had a much lower degree of enterocyte infection at 8, 10, and 12 weeks of age (2, 4, and 6 weeks, respectively, after initial exposure to virus). Age resistance to clinical rotavirus disease in swine is due to factors other than an age-dependent development of resistance of enterocytes to infection, at least through 12 weeks of age.Keywords
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