Porcine epidemic diarrhea has been confirmed in more Manitoba pigs.
The provincial government said this morning that a “small number of animals” tested positive for PED at a “high traffic site in western Manitoba.”
The province did not provide specifics on the site, noting “high traffic sites” include livestock assembly yards, slaughter plants, truck wash stations and livestock trailers.
The province did not reveal when the positive cases were detected.
Manitoba’s Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer said the pigs were likely infected by environmental contamination at the high traffic site and probably weren’t infected at their “farm of origin.”
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The Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer intends to probe further into this case. It will contact farms that had contact with the high traffic site.
Prior to this detection, PED was found at one farm in southeastern Manitoba and there were two positive environmental samples of the virus found at high traffic sites.
The province said the earlier incidents are not linked to the infected pigs in the most recent case.
Since PED was discovered in Canada earlier this year, 51 hog farms have tested positive for the virus.
