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Earlier this year, American authorities started requiring a veterinary export certificate for certain cull sows coming out of Manitoba, following a rise in Seneca Valley virus cases at U.S. packing plants, said Jenelle Hamblin, Manitoba Pork’s director of swine health. | File photo

Seneca Valley virus causes headaches for pork sector

Manitoba Pork says wider application of an export requirement the U.S. introduced this fall would have halted shipping

A mild virus masquerading as a more serious disease caused frustration in the hog sector this summer, but it could have been much worse, Manitoba producers heard during an early November meeting of the Manitoba Pork Council. Earlier this year, American authorities started requiring a veterinary export certificate for certain cull sows coming out of […] Read more