Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Characterization of Senecavirus A Isolates Collected From the Environment of U.S. Sow Slaughter Plants

Journal Article · · Frontiers in Veterinary Science
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA)., Ames, IA (United States). Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
  2. USDA Forest Service, Fort Collins, CO (United States). Animal Plant Health Inspection Service
  3. USDA Forest Service, Riverdale, MD (United States). Animal Plant Health Inspection Service
Vesicular disease caused by Senecavirus A (SVA) is clinically indistinguishable from foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and other vesicular diseases of swine. When a vesicle is observed in FMD-free countries, a costly and time-consuming foreign animal disease investigation (FADI) is performed to rule out FMD. Recently, there has been an increase in the number of FADIs and SVA positive samples at slaughter plants in the U.S. The objectives of this investigation were to: (1) describe the environmental burden of SVA in sow slaughter plants; (2) determine whether there was a correlation between PCR diagnostics, virus isolation (VI), and swine bioassay results; and (3) phylogenetically characterize the genetic diversity of contemporary SVA isolates. Environmental swabs were collected from three sow slaughter plants (Plants 1-3) and one market-weight slaughter plant (Plant 4) between June to December 2020. Of the 426 samples taken from Plants 1-3, 304 samples were PCR positive and 107 were VI positive. There was no detection of SVA by PCR or VI at Plant 4. SVA positive samples were most frequently found in the summer (78.3% June-September, vs. 59.4% October-December), with a peak at 85% in August. Eighteen PCR positive environmental samples with a range of Ct values were selected for a swine bioassay: a single sample infected piglets (n = 2). A random subset of the PCR positive samples was sequenced; and phylogenetic analysis demonstrated co-circulation and divergence of two genetically distinct groups of SVA. These data demonstrate that SVA was frequently found in the environment of sow slaughter plants, but environmental persistence and diagnostic detection was not indicative of whether a sampled was infectious to swine. Consequently, a more detailed understanding of the epidemiology of SVA and its environmental persistence in the marketing chain is necessary to reduce the number of FADIs and aide in the development of control measures to reduce the spread of SVA.
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDA; USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-06OR23100
OSTI ID:
1983100
Journal Information:
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Journal Name: Frontiers in Veterinary Science Vol. 9; ISSN 2297-1769
Publisher:
Frontiers Media S.A.Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (43)

Describing the cull sow market network in the US: A pilot project journal January 2019
Seroprevalence of Senecavirus A in sows and grower-finisher pigs in major swine producing-states in the United States journal April 2019
Development of a multiplex qPCR for detection and quantitation of pathogenic intestinal spirochaetes in the faeces of pigs and chickens journal May 2009
Experimental Seneca Valley virus infection in market-weight gilts journal April 2019
Comparison of historical and contemporary isolates of Senecavirus A journal February 2021
Porcine reproductive and respiratory disease virus: Evolution and recombination yields distinct ORF5 RFLP 1-7-4 viruses with individual pathogenicity journal January 2018
Structural basis for anthrax toxin receptor 1 recognition by Seneca Valley Virus journal October 2018
The United States Swine Pathogen Database: integrating veterinary diagnostic laboratory sequence data to monitor emerging pathogens of swine journal December 2021
Bayesian Coalescent Inference of Past Population Dynamics from Molecular Sequences journal February 2005
FastTree: Computing Large Minimum Evolution Trees with Profiles instead of a Distance Matrix journal April 2009
GenBank journal November 2020
MAFFT: a novel method for rapid multiple sequence alignment based on fast Fourier transform journal July 2002
W-IQ-TREE: a fast online phylogenetic tool for maximum likelihood analysis journal April 2016
RDP5: a computer program for analyzing recombination in, and removing signals of recombination from, nucleotide sequence datasets journal April 2020
Exploring the temporal structure of heterochronous sequences using TempEst (formerly Path-O-Gen) journal January 2016
Bayesian phylogenetic and phylodynamic data integration using BEAST 1.10 journal January 2018
Pathogenesis of Senecavirus A infection in finishing pigs journal December 2016
Complete genome sequence analysis of Seneca Valley virus-001, a novel oncolytic picornavirus journal May 2008
The role of the housefly, Musca domestica, in the spread of Aujeszky's disease (pseudorabies) journal January 1988
Efficacy of accelerated hydrogen peroxide®disinfectant on foot-and-mouth disease virus, swine vesicular disease virus and Senecavirus A journal February 2017
Identification and Complete Genome of Seneca Valley Virus in Vesicular Fluid and Sera of Pigs Affected with Idiopathic Vesicular Disease, Brazil journal September 2015
The First Identification and Complete Genome of Senecavirus A Affecting Pig with Idiopathic Vesicular Disease in China journal August 2016
The first detection of Senecavirus A in pigs in Thailand, 2016 journal May 2017
Emergence and whole-genome sequence of Senecavirus A in Colombia journal July 2017
Detection of the Emerging Picornavirus Senecavirus A in Pigs, Mice, and Houseflies journal March 2016
Persistent Infection and Transmission of Senecavirus A from Carrier Sows to Contact Piglets journal August 2019
Adaptive Immune Responses following Senecavirus A Infection in Pigs journal November 2017
First Detection and Genome Sequence of Senecavirus A in Vietnam journal January 2019
Factors associated with the introduction of classical swine fever virus into pig herds in the central area of the 1997/98 epidemic in the Netherlands journal September 2001
Senecavirus A journal July 2016
High-throughput whole genome sequencing of Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus from cell culture materials and clinical specimens using next-generation sequencing technology journal December 2016
Longitudinal study of Senecavirus a shedding in sows and piglets on a single United States farm during an outbreak of vesicular disease journal August 2017
Dexamethasone treatment did not exacerbate Seneca Valley virus infection in nursery-age pigs journal November 2018
Genome wide analysis of the evolution of Senecavirus A from swine clinical material and assembly yard environmental samples journal May 2017
Macroepidemiological aspects of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus detection by major United States veterinary diagnostic laboratories over time, age group, and specimen journal October 2019
Infectious dose of Senecavirus A in market weight and neonatal pigs journal April 2022
Role of Transportation in Spread of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus Infection, United States journal May 2014
Senecavirus A in Pigs, United States, 2015 journal July 2016
Novel Senecavirus A in Swine with Vesicular Disease, United States, July 2015 journal July 2016
Vesicular Disease in 9-Week-Old Pigs Experimentally Infected with Senecavirus A journal July 2016
Senecavirus A 3C Protease Mediates Host Cell Apoptosis Late in Infection journal March 2019
Prolonged Viability of Senecavirus A in Exposed House Flies (Musca domestica) journal January 2022
Transmission of Salmonella between Swine Farms by the Housefly (Musca domestica) journal June 2011

Similar Records

Experimental Senecavirus A Infection of Bovine Cell Lines and Colostrum-Deprived Calves
Journal Article · Thu Dec 15 19:00:00 EST 2022 · Viruses · OSTI ID:2471261

Efficacy of an inactivated Senecavirus A vaccine in weaned pigs and mature sows
Journal Article · Tue Feb 15 19:00:00 EST 2022 · Vaccine · OSTI ID:1981787

Vesicular Disease in 9-Week-Old Pigs Experimentally Infected with Senecavirus A
Journal Article · Thu Jun 30 20:00:00 EDT 2016 · Emerging Infectious Diseases · OSTI ID:1285779