OAHN Swine Project: Porcine Sapovirus Testing, Relevance and Knowledge (in progress)

Project Lead: Drs. Christa Arsenault and Josepha DeLay

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Project Proposal

The OAHN Swine Network often receives reports from swine veterinarians that they detected Sapovirus in a clinical case of neonatal piglet diarrhea, but it is unknown the significance that this detection has on the neonatal piglet diarrhea complex. Sapovirus is a relatively new virus with a lot of unknown information associated with it and minimal papers published.  There is no vaccine commercially available for prevention purposes.  The network feels that this project would provide more information on cases where this virus is detected along with information on other pathogens also detected from these cases that may be involved in the neonatal diarrhea complex as well.  The network felt that this project would yield valuable information contributing to filling the knowledge gaps currently present.