News - Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea

The Director of Swine Health with Manitoba Pork says lessons learned from the province’s 2021-2022 Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea outbreak are helping pork producers prepare for the next potential outbreak.

The Future of PED Working Group, set up in response to a major outbreak in 2021-2022, to look at PED management strategies including what was working and what needed to change, has created a PED elimination plan for Manitoba.

The Swine Health Information Center suggests increased PRRS and PED activity during February reflects the need to focus on biosecurity. The Swine Health Information Center’s monthly domestic swine disease surveillance report showed increased Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome activity in February and more Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea.

The Manager of Swine Health with Manitoba Pork says, despite declining case numbers, continued strict biosecurity remains key to containing the province’s most recent Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea outbreak. Since October 64 cases of PED have been confirmed in Manitoba.

Manitoba Pork is reporting that Manitoba’s latest Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) outbreak has followed patterns similar to those in 2017 and 2019. Sixty-four cases of PED were recently confirmed in the province.

The Manager of Swine Health Programs with Manitoba Pork reports the investigation into the cause of Manitoba’s latest Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea outbreak is well underway and the hope is that its spread has been contained. 12 cases of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea have been confirmed in Manitoba since the outbreak was identified October 25th.

The Chair of Manitoba Pork says focusing on biosecurity remains key to keeping the number of cases of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea low in Manitoba. Since mid-February 2014, when Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea was first identified in Manitoba, stakeholders within the province’s Pork sector have been working to control the infection.

The Manager of Swine Health Programs with Manitoba Pork says the dramatic reduction in the number of PED cases identified this year compared to last is a testament to the efforts of all segments of the pork sector to protect pigs from infection.

The Manager of Swine Health Programs with Manitoba Pork says the lessons learned from Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea have resulted in much more effective on-farm biosecurity protocols.

The Executive Director of the Swine Health Information Center reports it’s now possible to use the swine health information being provided voluntarily by swine producers to predict when a farm can be expected to break with Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea.