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The development and application of more sensitive and new molecular approaches in the epidemiological research of viral infections of economic significance to the swine industry, detection of infectious viral agents has increased globally. The observation holds true for the member of the Parvovirinae family's subfamily Parvovirinae that infects pigs, since the use of cutting-edge molecular techniques like metagenomics has led to the discovery of numerous other new members of the family.