“…In 2016, a new species of PCV was first recognized in pigs from a case of PDNS and reproductive failure in the USA via next generation sequencing (NGS) technology, and designated as porcine circovirus 3 (PCV3) [4]. Subsequently, PCV3 was found to be widely distributed in pigs around the world, and up to date, it has been reported in at least 14 countries, including the USA, Japan, China, South Korea, Russia, Brazil, Thailand, Poland, Sweden, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Spain, and the UK [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. In China, PCV3 was first reported in Liaoning Province, Jiangxi Province and Chongqing city in 2017 [13].…”