News - Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea

The Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) has confirmed the presence of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus at a high-traffic site in western Manitoba.

The Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) has confirmed a small number of animals being held at a high-traffic site in eastern Manitoba tested positive for porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus.

The director of risk management with h@ms Marketing Services says, despite a slide over the past couple of weeks in both the cash and futures markets, returns for live hogs remain profitable.

The manager of the Canadian Swine Health Intelligence Network says contaminated feed has been shown to be the most likely cause of the PED outbreak in Ontario.

The Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) has confirmed a small number of animals being held at a high-traffic site in western Manitoba tested positive for the porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus.

The chair of Manitoba Pork credits the aberrance of the province’s pork producers to strict biosecurity for the success in containing the spread of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea.

The Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) reports a second set of environmental samples, collected from a high-traffic pig site in Manitoba, have tested positive for Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) virus.

The chair of the Canadian Swine Health Board credits proactive efforts over the past four years to improve biosecurity on Canadian swine farms for the success in containing the spread of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea in Canada.

The swine technical consultant for western Canada with Elanco says the U.S. experience has shown the virus that causes Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea is thousands of times more infectious than similar coronaviruses.

The chair of the Canadian Swine Health Board suggests a national approach to dealing with swine disease will put Canada in a much better position to deal with PED and the next disease threat.