Isolation and Pathogenicity of a Chinese Porcine Astrovirus Type 5 Strain HNPDS-01 and Its Influence on Cecum Microbiota in Piglets

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Clinical assessment of piglets infected with PAstV 5-HNPDS-01 strain and viral distributions in tissues. (a, c) 5-day-old piglets challenged with MEM medium. (b, d) 5-day-old piglets challenged with PAstV 5-HNPDS-01 strain. (e) Daily body temperature changes in piglets. (f) Daily body weight changes in piglets. (g, i) Daily fecal detoxification in piglets; (h) RT-PCR and qRT-PCR to detect virus distribution in individual tissues of piglets infected with PAstV 5-HNPDS-01. Virus copies (lg GE/0.1 g) were the average genomic copies of three piglets.

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