“…One crucial pillar of disease control is the genetic characterization of circulating virus strains in order to identify the origin of infection and determine the routes of transmission between pig farms, within a geographical region or an administrative area. Sequencing one of the most variable genomic regions, the ORF5, is still a gold-standard procedure for surveying these issues [ 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 ]. The information obtained by means of molecular epidemiology further assists the improvement of external disease control measures of a given pig herd and provides the basis for reliable production of animal goods.…”