Research Article

Development of a TaqMan Based Real-Time Fluorescent Quantitative PCR Assay for Detection of Porcine Cytomegalovirus in Semen

Table 1

The primers used in this study.

PrimersAbreactionSequences (5′ ⟶ 3′)PositionLength (bp)

DPOL-1DPOL-F1ATGACATTCTTTAATCCATAT3129–31491143
DPOL-R1TCCGACACCCAGCCTATACAAT4250–4271
DPOL-2DPOL-F2TGCCCACATCTATGAGTTTC4109–41281152
DPOL-R2CTCTAGACGAAAGGACATTGT5239–5259
DPOL-3DPOL-F3TGACGGTGCATGTAAACAAGA4933–49531222
DPOL-R3TTTTACATAACAATGACACT6135–6154

qPCRqPCMV-FGCGTAGAACTCGTTAGAA5542–5559188
qPCMV-RGCCAATTATGATGTCAATGATC5709–5729
qPCMV-PTCCGTTCCGTATCACTTCGTCG5666–5687

The location sequence region of primers and probe was calculated based on GenBank number AF268039 (strain B6), the DPOL gene located at positions 3,129 to 6,152 of strain B6 (GenBank number AF268039).