PMID- 28382380 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20171102 LR - 20181202 IS - 1573-7438 (Electronic) IS - 0049-4747 (Linking) VI - 49 IP - 5 DP - 2017 Jun TI - Ungulate copiparvovirus 2 in healthy and postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome-affected pigs. PG - 945-949 LID - 10.1007/s11250-017-1279-7 [doi] AB - A SYBR Green-based real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) was designed to detect Ungulate copiparvovirus 2, also known as porcine parvovirus 4 (PPV4). The test was applied to search for PPV4 DNAemia in sera from 1- to 4-month-old pigs displaying signs of postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS), as well as in sera from healthy swine at equivalent age and in sera from older healthy animals (>6 months old). High levels of PPV4 DNA were detected in PMWS-affected pigs. The mean viral DNA load in PMWS-affected pigs was 5.2 x 10(7) copies/mL, whereas in young healthy pigs it was 1.4 x 10(5) copies/mL (P