Fate and Transport of Zoonotic Bacterial, Viral, and - The Pork Store ...
Fate and Transport of Zoonotic Bacterial, Viral, and - The Pork Store ...
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3. Common Viruses <strong>of</strong> Swine<br />
Sapovirus<br />
Sapoviruses in humans primarily have been<br />
associated with acute gastroenteritis in young children<br />
(Chiba et al. 2000). <strong>The</strong> PoSaV/Cowden strain, first<br />
reported by Saif <strong>and</strong> colleagues (1980), was based on<br />
its calicivirus morphology by electron microscopy<br />
(EM) <strong>of</strong> diarrheic stools <strong>of</strong> pigs in the United States.<br />
In a small-scale survey <strong>of</strong> SaVs in three Ohio swine<br />
farms (Guo <strong>and</strong> Saif, Personal communication), PoSaV<br />
was detected in 51% <strong>of</strong> 156 fecal samples, mainly from<br />
nursing pigs (48%) <strong>and</strong> postweaning pigs (75%), but not<br />
from adult pigs in one farm. <strong>The</strong> PoSaV was detected<br />
in 100% <strong>of</strong> diarrheic nursing pigs <strong>and</strong> 50% <strong>of</strong> normal<br />
nursing pigs, <strong>and</strong> in 89% <strong>of</strong> diarrheic postweaning<br />
pigs <strong>and</strong> 69% <strong>of</strong> normal postweaning pigs in the same<br />
farm. In this farm, 80–100% <strong>of</strong> pigs in all age groups<br />
were seropositive for PoSaV antibodies, indicative <strong>of</strong><br />
high exposure rates. <strong>The</strong>se limited findings suggest<br />
that PoSaV may be a major cause <strong>of</strong> postweaning <strong>and</strong><br />
nursing pig diarrhea, but subclinical PoSaV infections<br />
also occur. <strong>The</strong> PoSaV has emerged as an important<br />
pathogen associated with diarrhea <strong>and</strong> subclinical<br />
infections among pigs <strong>of</strong> all ages. (Barry, Alfieri, <strong>and</strong><br />
Alfieri 2008; Jeong et al. 2007; Martella et al. 2008;<br />
Wang et al. 2006)<br />
Inactivation<br />
Enteric viruses are acid stable <strong>and</strong> can survive in<br />
the gastrointestinal tract. Most viruses remain infectious<br />
after refrigeration <strong>and</strong> freezing <strong>and</strong> also retain their<br />
infectivity after heating to 60ºC for 30 min. Because<br />
enteric caliciviruses (NoVs <strong>and</strong> SaVs), with the exception<br />
<strong>of</strong> PoSaV/Cowden strain (Guo et al. 2001), cannot be<br />
propagated in cell culture, most attempts to determine<br />
inactivation pr<strong>of</strong>iles <strong>of</strong> caliciviruses have been conducted<br />
with cultivable caliciviruses such as feline enteric<br />
coronavirus (FeCV) <strong>and</strong> canine calicivirus (CaCV).<br />
Chlorine<br />
Chlorine-based disinfectants are considered<br />
the most effective against enteric viruses. But several<br />
studies using FeCV show that caliciviruses are relatively<br />
resistant to chlorine (Doultree et al. 1999; Gulati et<br />
al. 2001). Complete inactivation <strong>of</strong> FeCV <strong>and</strong> CaCV<br />
was reported only at chlorine levels <strong>of</strong> 3,000 parts per<br />
million (ppm) (or higher) for 10 or 30 min at room<br />
temperature (Duizer et al. 2004).<br />
Temperature<br />
<strong>The</strong> NV virus remains infectious for volunteers<br />
after heating at 60ºC for 30 min (Green, Chanock,<br />
<strong>and</strong> Kapikian 2001). Allwood <strong>and</strong> colleagues (2003)<br />
compared the survival rates <strong>of</strong> FeCV at 4, 25, <strong>and</strong> 37ºC<br />
for up to 28 d in dechlorinated water. <strong>The</strong>ir results<br />
showed that a 90% decrease in infectious titer was<br />
achieved at 3 d at 37ºC, but the value increased to 5.2<br />
d at 25ºC (room temperature) <strong>and</strong> 7.3 d at 4ºC. Similar<br />
results were obtained by Kadoi <strong>and</strong> Kadoi (2001)<br />
when survival <strong>of</strong> different FeCV strains was assayed<br />
in marine water at 4, 10, <strong>and</strong> 20ºC. After application<br />
<strong>of</strong> contaminated manure to l<strong>and</strong>, the potential for<br />
environmental contamination may exist, including<br />
possible spread to other areas resulting from increased<br />
rainfall, overflow, or aerosol. (Tyrrel <strong>and</strong> Quinton 2003)<br />
Although the virus concentration will be lower in water,<br />
the low infectious dose <strong>of</strong> HuNoV (as low as 10–100<br />
particles) (Moe et al. 1999) <strong>and</strong> its ability to survive<br />
increase the risk <strong>of</strong> outbreak when contaminated water<br />
sources are used in food processing or as public water<br />
supplies (Hoebe et al. 2004; Ueki et al. 2004).<br />
ultraviolet Irradiation<br />
Most UV inactivation studies have not been<br />
conducted using monodispersed viruses <strong>and</strong> therefore<br />
may give a biased idea <strong>of</strong> the true inactivation kinetics.<br />
One study using FeCV as an indicator organism showed<br />
an infectivity reduction <strong>of</strong> 90% with a UV dose <strong>of</strong> 480<br />
joule (J)/m 2 , four times more than the dose required<br />
for hepatitis A <strong>and</strong> double the amount required for 90%<br />
inactivation <strong>of</strong> poliovirus (Nuanualsuwan et al. 2002).<br />
pH<br />
In human volunteer studies, NV (the prototype<br />
HuNoV) was shown to retain its infectivity after<br />
exposure to pH < 3 for 3 hr at room temperature (Dolin<br />
et al. 1972), <strong>and</strong> an outbreak strain was protected after<br />
exposure to high <strong>and</strong> low pHs (pH 2, 3, 10, <strong>and</strong> 12) for<br />
30 min at 37ºC. Recent research demonstrates that the<br />
newly discovered cultivable murine norovirus shows<br />
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