Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2021, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (5): 1349-1358.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2021.05.020

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Establishment and Application of a Real Time Fluorescent Quantitative PCR Assay for Detecting Caprine Kobuvirus

ABI-Kehamo1, YU Zhonghua2, JING Zhizhong1*, TANG Cheng3*   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730046, China;
    2. Institute of Animal Science and Technology of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Hongyuan 624400, China;
    3. College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China
  • Received:2020-11-03 Online:2021-05-23 Published:2021-05-22

Abstract: Caprine kobuvirus (CKoV) is an emerging virus in goats in China, this study aimed to establish a real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR assay for detecting CKoV. Through designing primers targeting the 3D gene of CKoV and optimizing the reaction conditions and system, a TB Green Fluorescent Quantitative PCR assay was successfully established. The assay had a good linear relationship with CKoV in the range of 2.23×102-2.23×108copies·μL-1 with a correlation coefficient (R2) of 0. 999 2, and its amplification efficiency was 110%. Moreover, the assay has good specificity and stability, and the detection limit was 2.23×101copies·μL-1. Furthermore, out of 79 diarrhea samples of lambs collected from Sichuan, Chongqing, and Yunnan regions from January 2020 to April 2020, 25.3%samples (20/79) were detected as CKoV positive, and the farms’ positive rate was 53.3% (8/15). In addition, 13 complete 3D genes of CKoV were obtained in this study, and evolution analysis showed that these 13 3D genes had unique evolutionary trends. In conclusion, this study provides a new molecular method for detecting CKoV and basic epidemiological data of domestic CKoV.

Key words: caprine kobuvirus, real time fluorescent quantitative PCR assay, goat, diarrhea

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