Pigs are not susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection but are a model for viral immunogenicity studies.
Júlia Vergara-AlertJordi RodonJorge CarrilloNigeer TeNuria Izquierdo-UserosMaría Luisa Rodríguez de la ConcepciónCarlos Ávila-NietoVíctor GuallarAlfonso ValenciaGuillermo CanteroJulià BlancoBonaventura ClotetAlbert BensaidJoaquim SegalésPublished in: Transboundary and emerging diseases (2020)
Conventional piglets were inoculated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) through different routes, including intranasal, intratracheal, intramuscular and intravenous ones. Although piglets were not susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 and lacked lesions or viral RNA in tissues/swabs, seroconversion was observed in pigs inoculated parenterally (intramuscularly or intravenously).