News - Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea

The general manager of Manitoba Pork Council is encouraging truckers returning to Manitoba after delivering pigs to U.S. packing plants to have their trucks and trailers washed and disinfected at accredited truck wash stations in Manitoba.

The chair of the Ontario Swine Health Advisory Board is calling for a national strategy to work with USDA and other U.S. agencies to close the portal through which swine diseases are able to enter North America.

Manitoba’s animal health surveillance veterinarian reports tracebacks have shown no farms that came into contact with the province’s one farm confirmed positive for Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea have become infected.

The manager of the Canadian Swine Health Intelligence Network says strict adherence to biosecurity protocols has given Canada an edge in dealing with Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea.

The Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) reports that a single set of environmental samples, not from an animal, collected from a high pig-traffic site in Manitoba have tested positive for porcine epidemic diarrhea virus.

The Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) reports the investigation into how the PED virus may have arrived on the single infected farm in Manitoba continues, but feed and the movement of an infected pig onto the farm have been ruled out as possible sources.

The director of risk management with h@ms Marketing Services says fears over possible slaughter hog shortages due PED are driving up hog prices.

The manager of producer services with Sask Pork says it’s up to each individual pork producer to ensure the biosecurity protocols are in place that will protect their farms from the introduction of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea.

The chair of the Ontario Swine Health Advisory Board says swine health officials are focusing on rapid detection and containing the spread as they work to address Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea.

The Office of Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) reports there have been no new confirmed cases of the porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus in Manitoba.