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Wu S, Gou F, Meng J, Jin X, Liu W, Ding W, Xu W, Gu C, Hu X, Cheng G, Tao P, Zhang W. Porcine kobuvirus enhances porcine epidemic diarrhea virus pathogenicity and alters the number of intestinal lymphocytes in piglets. Vet Microbiol 2024; 293:110100. [PMID: 38718527 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2024.110100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2024] [Revised: 03/25/2024] [Accepted: 04/25/2024] [Indexed: 05/15/2024]
Abstract
Recent epidemiological studies have discovered that a lot of cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) infection are frequently accompanied by porcine kobuvirus (PKV) infection, suggesting a potential relationship between the two viruses in the development of diarrhea. To investigate the impact of PKV on PEDV pathogenicity and the number of intestinal lymphocytes, piglets were infected with PKV or PEDV or co-infected with both viruses. Our findings demonstrate that co-infected piglets exhibit more severe symptoms, acute gastroenteritis, and higher PEDV replication compared to those infected with PEDV alone. Notably, PKV alone does not cause significant intestinal damage but enhances PEDV's pathogenicity and alters the number of intestinal lymphocytes. These results underscore the complexity of viral interactions in swine diseases and highlight the need for comprehensive diagnostic and treatment strategies addressing co-infections.
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- Simin Wu
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China.
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- Hubei Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China.
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Zang Y, Feng B, Huang Z, Zhao D, Qi W, Qiu Y, Qiu M, Li C, Lin H, Zheng W, Zhu J, Chen N. Epidemiologic and Genomic Characterizations of Porcine Kobuviruses in Diarrheic and Healthy Pigs. Animals (Basel) 2023; 13:3129. [PMID: 37835735 PMCID: PMC10571770 DOI: 10.3390/ani13193129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2023] [Revised: 09/30/2023] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Porcine kobuvirus (PKV) is an enteric virus commonly detected in both diarrheic and healthy pigs. Little is known about the role of PKV in enteric diseases. In this study, an epidemiological investigation based on 324 intestinal samples collected from six provinces of China during the period of 2018 to 2022 was performed, and showed that PKV has an overall 65.43% (212/324) positive rate. Noticeably, 89.47% (17/19) of PKV and porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) double-positive pigs were clinically diseased, while 91.71% (177/193) of PKV-positive but PEDV-negative pigs were clinically healthy, suggesting that PKV infection in itself is unlikely to cause enteric diseases. In addition, three PKV genomes were obtained from both diseased and healthy pigs. Phylogenetic analysis showed that Chinese PKV strains could be divided into three groups (SH-W-CHN-like, S-1-HUN-like and JXAT2015-like strains). All three obtained PKV genomes belong to SH-W-CHN-like strains and JSYZ1806-158 was detected as a recombinant virus. Furthermore, multiple comparisons showed that nucleotide similarities are clearly lower than amino acid similarities for PKV polyproteins. Selective pressure analysis indicated that Chinese PKV polyproteins are predominantly under negative selection. Overall, this study provided new insights into the prevalence and evolution of PKV in both diarrheic and healthy pigs in China.
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- Yu Zang
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China; (Y.Z.); (B.F.); (D.Z.); (W.Q.); (Y.Q.); (M.Q.); (C.L.); (H.L.); (W.Z.); (J.Z.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China; (Y.Z.); (B.F.); (D.Z.); (W.Q.); (Y.Q.); (M.Q.); (C.L.); (H.L.); (W.Z.); (J.Z.)
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- Animal Health Supervision Institute of Fengxi District, Chaozhou 521031, China;
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China; (Y.Z.); (B.F.); (D.Z.); (W.Q.); (Y.Q.); (M.Q.); (C.L.); (H.L.); (W.Z.); (J.Z.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China; (Y.Z.); (B.F.); (D.Z.); (W.Q.); (Y.Q.); (M.Q.); (C.L.); (H.L.); (W.Z.); (J.Z.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China; (Y.Z.); (B.F.); (D.Z.); (W.Q.); (Y.Q.); (M.Q.); (C.L.); (H.L.); (W.Z.); (J.Z.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China; (Y.Z.); (B.F.); (D.Z.); (W.Q.); (Y.Q.); (M.Q.); (C.L.); (H.L.); (W.Z.); (J.Z.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China; (Y.Z.); (B.F.); (D.Z.); (W.Q.); (Y.Q.); (M.Q.); (C.L.); (H.L.); (W.Z.); (J.Z.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China; (Y.Z.); (B.F.); (D.Z.); (W.Q.); (Y.Q.); (M.Q.); (C.L.); (H.L.); (W.Z.); (J.Z.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China; (Y.Z.); (B.F.); (D.Z.); (W.Q.); (Y.Q.); (M.Q.); (C.L.); (H.L.); (W.Z.); (J.Z.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China; (Y.Z.); (B.F.); (D.Z.); (W.Q.); (Y.Q.); (M.Q.); (C.L.); (H.L.); (W.Z.); (J.Z.)
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, Yangzhou 225009, China
- International Research Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonotic Diseases of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Yangzhou 225009, China
- Comparative Medicine Research Institute, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China; (Y.Z.); (B.F.); (D.Z.); (W.Q.); (Y.Q.); (M.Q.); (C.L.); (H.L.); (W.Z.); (J.Z.)
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, Yangzhou 225009, China
- International Research Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonotic Diseases of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Yangzhou 225009, China
- Comparative Medicine Research Institute, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Pathogen Infection and Immunology of Fujian Province, Fuzhou 350002, China
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Prevention and Control of Animal Infectious Diseases and Biotechnology, Longyan University, Longyan 364012, China
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Puente H, Arguello H, Cortey M, Gómez-García M, Mencía-Ares O, Pérez-Perez L, Díaz I, Carvajal A. Detection and genetic characterization of enteric viruses in diarrhoea outbreaks from swine farms in Spain. Porcine Health Manag 2023; 9:29. [PMID: 37349807 DOI: 10.1186/s40813-023-00326-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 06/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The aim of this work was to study the prevalence and distribution of Porcine astrovirus (PAstV), Porcine kobuvirus (PKoV), Porcine torovirus (PToV), Mammalian orthoreovirus (MRV) and Porcine mastadenovirus (PAdV) as well as their association with widely recognized virus that cause diarrhoea in swine such as coronavirus (CoVs) and rotavirus (RVs) in diarrhoea outbreaks from Spanish swine farms. Furthermore, a selection of the viral strains was genetically characterized. RESULTS PAstV, PKoV, PToV, MRV and PAdV were frequently detected. Particularly, PAstV and PKoV were detected in almost 50% and 30% of the investigated farms, respectively, with an age-dependent distribution; PAstV was mainly detected in postweaning and fattening pigs, while PKoV was more frequent in sucking piglets. Viral co-infections were detected in almost half of the outbreaks, combining CoVs, RVs and the viruses studied, with a maximum of 5 different viral species reported in three investigated farms. Using a next generation sequencing approach, we obtained a total of 24 ARN viral genomes (> 90% genome sequence), characterizing for first time the full genome of circulating strains of PAstV2, PAstV4, PAstV5 and PToV on Spanish farms. Phylogenetic analyses showed that PAstV, PKoV and PToV from Spanish swine farms clustered together with isolates of the same viral species from neighboring pig producing countries. CONCLUSIONS Although further studies to evaluate the role of these enteric viruses in diarrhoea outbreaks are required, their wide distribution and frequent association in co-infections cannot be disregard. Hence, their inclusion into routine diagnostic panels for diarrhoea in swine should be considered.
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- Héctor Puente
- Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de León, León, Spain.
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- Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de León, León, Spain
- INDEGSAL, Universidad de León, León, Spain
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- Departament de Sanitat i Anatomia Animals, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de León, León, Spain
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- Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de León, León, Spain
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- Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de León, León, Spain
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- IRTA, Programa de Sanitat Animal, Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
- Unitat Mixta d'investigació IRTA-UAB en Sanitat Animal, Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
- WOAH Reference Laboratory for Classical Swine Fever, IRTA-CReSA, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de León, León, Spain
- INDEGSAL, Universidad de León, León, Spain
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Eriksen EØ. A Systematic Review: Is Porcine Kobuvirus Causing Gastrointestinal Disease in Young Pigs? Vet Sci 2023; 10:vetsci10040286. [PMID: 37104441 PMCID: PMC10144032 DOI: 10.3390/vetsci10040286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 04/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Since porcine kobuvirus (PKV) was first described in 2008, researchers have speculated whether the virus is of clinical importance. This systematic literature review answers the question: Is porcine kobuvirus a cause of gastrointestinal disease in young pigs? A case-control study showed that PKV was not associated with neonatal diarrhea. A cohort study suffered from a very small sample size (n = 5), and in an experimental trial, the effect of PKV inoculation could not be separated from the effect of being inoculated with porcine epidemic diarrhea virus. In 13 poorly defined observational studies, more than 4000 young pigs had been assigned a diarrhea status and their feces analyzed for PKV. Unfortunately, the studies lacked well-characterized unbiased samples, and thus the strongest possible inference from these studies was that a very strong association between PKV and diarrhea is unlikely. PKV was commonly detected in non-diarrheic pigs, and this could indicate that PKV is not a sufficient cause in itself or that reinfection of individuals with some immunological protection due to previous infections is common. Conclusively, there is a lack of good evidence of PKV being a cause of gastrointestinal disease, but the sparse available evidence suggests that PKV is of limited clinical importance.
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- Esben Østergaard Eriksen
- Section for Production, Nutrition and Health, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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Zhang M, You F, Wu F, He H, Li Q, Chen Q. Epidemiology and genetic characteristics of murine kobuvirus from faecal samples of Rattus losea, Rattus tanezumi and Rattus norvegicus in southern China. J Gen Virol 2021; 102. [PMID: 34486970 PMCID: PMC8567428 DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Recently, murine kobuvirus (MuKV), a novel member of the family Picornaviridae, was identified in faecal samples of Rattus norvegicus in China. The limited information on the circulation of MuKV in other murine rodent species prompted us to investigate its prevalence and conduct a genetic characterization of MuKV in Rattus losea, Rattus tanezumi and Rattus norvegicus in China. Between 2015 and 2017, 243 faecal samples of these three murine rodent species from three regions in southern China were screened for the presence of MuKV. The overall prevalence was 23.0% (56/243). Three complete MuKV polyprotein sequences were acquired, and the genome organization was determined. Phylogenetic analyses suggested that our sequences were closely related to Chinese strains and belong to the species Aichivirus A in the genus Kobuvirus. Additional studies are required to understand the true prevalence of MuKV in murine rodent populations in China.
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- Minyi Zhang
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, PR China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, PR China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, PR China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, PR China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, PR China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, PR China
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Di Martino B, Di Profio F, Robetto S, Fruci P, Sarchese V, Palombieri A, Melegari I, Orusa R, Martella V, Marsilio F. Molecular Survey on Kobuviruses in Domestic and Wild Ungulates From Northwestern Italian Alps. Front Vet Sci 2021; 8:679337. [PMID: 34195249 PMCID: PMC8237713 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2021.679337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Since the first identification in 1989 in humans, kobuviruses (KoVs) have been identified from a wide range of animal species including carnivores, rodents, birds, ungulates, rabbits, and bats. Several studies have described the identification of genetically related KoVs in the fecal virome of domestic and wild animals suggesting a mutual exchange of viruses. By screening a total of 231 fecal samples from wild and domestic ungulates, KoVs RNA was detected in wild boars (3.2%; 2/63), chamois (4.6%; 2/43), and goats (2.6%; 2/77). On phylogenetic analysis of the partial RdRp sequence, the wild boar strains clustered within the species Aichivirus C whilst the strains identified in domestic and wild ruminants grouped into the species Aichivirus B. The complete VP1 gene was obtained for chamois and goat KoVs. Interestingly, upon phylogenetic analysis the strains grouped together with a KoV of ovine origin within a distinct genetic type (B3) of the species Aichivirus B.
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- Barbara Di Martino
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Centro di Referenza Nazionale per le Malattie degli Animali Selvatici (CeRMAS), Aosta, Italy
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Centro di Referenza Nazionale per le Malattie degli Animali Selvatici (CeRMAS), Aosta, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Università Aldo Moro di Bari, Valenzano, Italy
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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