“…PCV2a was the most predominant genotype worldwide until a shift to PCV2b occurred in 2003 or possibly earlier (Davies, Xiong, Dvorak, Marthaler, & Murtaugh, ; Dupont, Nielsen, Baekbo, & Larsen, ); since then, PCV2b has been the most prevalent genotype. Recently, PCV2b was reported to be shift to PCV2d in China and USA since 2009 and 2012, respectively, which was initially identified in 1999 in Switzerland and is now widespread in many countries (Kwon et al., ; Wei et al., ; Xiao, Harmon, Halbur, & Opriessnig, ). PCV2c was first identified in Denmark between 1980 and 1990 and recently detected in feral pigs in Brazil (Dupont et al., ; Franzo, Cortey, Castro et al., ).…”