Studies of Swine Coronavirus
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Pigs".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 1264
Special Issue Editors
Interests: swine; coronavirus; non-coding RNA; epigenetics; expression regulation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Coronavirus is a single-stranded, positive-stranded RNA virus with a capsid structure. According to the RNA sequence and protein composition of viruses, coronaviruses can be divided into four genera: α-coronavirus, β-coronavirus, γ-coronavirus, and δ-coronavirus. The coronaviruses which can infect pigs are mainly the following six species: Transmissible Gastroenteritis Virus (TGEV); Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDV); Porcine Respiratory Coronavirus (PRCV); Swine Acute Diarrhea Syndrome Coronavirus (SADS-COV), also known as Porcine Enteric Alphacoronavirus (PEAV) or Swine Enteric Alphacoronavirus (SeA-CoV); Porcine Hemagglutinating Encephalitis Virus (PHEV); and Porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV).
These coronaviruses are highly contagious and can cause acute gastroenteritis in pigs, primarily in newborn piglets. In addition, coronaviruses cause clinical manifestations of diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration, and other symptoms (some of which can cause neurological symptoms) in pigs. Pig coronaviruses lead to the widespread death of piglets and significant economic losses in the pig industry. The mechanism of coronavirus pathogenesis remains unclear.
The primary objective of this Special Issue is to collect the latest research on porcine coronavirus, infection statistics, disease prevention and control of pig coronaviruses, progress in vaccine development, comparison of and improvement in relevant disease prevention and control measures, advanced biosecurity measures, effective vaccine prevention and control statistics, etc. The aim is to provide new insight for researchers from different countries.
Dr. Shenglong Wu
Dr. Zhengchang Wu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- swine
- coronavirus
- TGEV
- PEDV
- PDCoV
- SADS-COV
- PRCV
- PHEV
- pathology
- testing
- vaccines
