Wild pigs (Sus scrofa) population as reservoirs for deleterious mutations in the RYR1 gene associated with Porcine Stress Syndrome

Porcine Stress Syndrome (PSS) is a disorder codified by the ryanodine receptor 1 gene (RYR1) and affects both animal welfare and the quality of the meat product. As a consequence, individuals with this syndrome generate great worldwide economic losses in the porcine industry. In Argentina, the Buenos Aires Province is the most involved on this activity, and productions are to be in open field with a higher frequency of pigs with diverse pathologies. On the other hand, the biggest and oldest wild pigs population is located on the Atlantic coast of Buenos Aires Province, which presents a continuous bidirectional flow of individuals with the productive areas nearby. The aim of this study is to detect the presence of the RYR1 deleterious allele in the wild population from the Atlantic coast of Buenos Aires, in order to evaluate its possible role as a genetic reservoir for said allele. For this purpose, 106 wild pigs from 28 sites were studied, finding a 6.6% of carrier individuals, indicating that the wild population is not free of this allele. This constitutes the first analysis to detect the presence of the RYR1 deleterious allele, associated to the PSS in wild pigs from Argentina, being one of the few studies to report it worldwide and suggesting wild pigs populations to be a possible genetic reservoir for this disease.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Acosta, Diana Belén, Español, Laureano Ángel, Figueroa, Carlos Ezequiel, Marini, Sebastián José, Mac Allister, Matías Exequiel, Carpinetti, Bruno Nicolás, Fernández, Gabriela Paula, Merino, Mariano Lisandro
Format:	info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Elsevier 2020-12
Subjects:	Sus scrofa, Jabalí, Genética, Enfermedades de los Animales, Síndrome del Estrés Porcino, Conservación de Recursos Genéticos, Wild Boar, Genetics, Genes, Animal Diseases, Porcine Stress Syndrome, Genetic Resources Conservation,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/8453 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451943X20300739 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vas.2020.100160
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