Porcine endogenous retrovirus transmission characteristics from a designated pathogen-free herd

O. Garkavenko; S. Wynyard; D. Nathu; M. Muzina; Z. Muzina; Linda Scobie; R. Hector; M. C. Croxson

doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.01.051

Porcine endogenous retrovirus transmission characteristics from a designated pathogen-free herd

O. Garkavenko, S. Wynyard, D. Nathu, M. Muzina, Z. Muzina, Linda Scobie, R. Hector, M. C. Croxson

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Abstract

Previously, a strategy for monitoring pigs intended for cell transplantation was developed and successfully applied to several representative herds in New Zealand. A better understanding of porcine viruses’ epidemiology in New Zealand has been achieved, and, as a result, a designated pathogen-free (DPF) herd has been chosen as a good candidate for xenotransplantation. This herd is free of all infectious agents relevant to xenotransplantation. The presented study of pig endogenous retrovirus (PERV) transmission with cocultures in vitro has shown no evidence of PERV transmission from DPF pig tissue. Additionally, in PERV-C–positive DPF donor pigs tested, a specific locus for PERV-C present in miniature swine possibly associated with the transmission of PERV was absent. The data on PERV transmission allowed classifying the DPF potential donors as “null” or noninfectious pigs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	590-593
Number of pages	4
Journal	Transplantation Proceedings
Volume	40
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.01.051
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2008

Keywords

retrovirus
cell transplantation
pigs

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Porcine endogenous retrovirus transmission characteristics from a designated pathogen-free herd

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