title: Detection of Torque teno sus virus 1 and 2 in tissues from stillborn piglets delivered by sows via natural farrowing.
abstract: We detected Torque teno sus virus 1 and 2 (TTSuV1 and TTSuV2) in tissue samples from 18 stillborn piglets using nested polymerase chain reaction. The detection rates of TTSuV1 and TTSuV2 were 78% and 50%, respectively, with 83% of the stillborn piglets positive for TTSuV1 or TTSuV2. TTSuV1 was detected highest in the liver (72%) followed by heart (56%), spleen (38%) and tonsils (38%) while TTSuV2 was detected highest in the tonsils (38%) followed by liver (33%), spleen (25%), and heart (17%). These results indicate that TTSuVs are commonly present but not equally distributed among the tissues of stillborn piglets.
authors.affiliation: United Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan.
authors.forename: Chenga
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tshering
authors.forename: Mitsuhiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: Eisaburo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Deguchi
mesh_terms: D037881:Aborted Fetus / Q000821:virology*; D000818:Animals; D004266:DNA Virus Infections / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D006321:Heart / Q000821:virology; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism / Q000821:virology; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000378:metabolism / Q000821:virology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D013045:Species Specificity; D013154:Spleen / Q000378:metabolism / Q000821:virology; D050497:Stillbirth / Q000662:veterinary*; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology*; D022783:Torque teno virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*