DES MOINES, Iowa — With enough commitment, U.S. hog producers can eliminate porcine epidemic diarrhea. That was the shared position of a number of leading American swine veterinarians at the World Pork Expo. “I believe that we can get it eliminated,” said Laura Dalquist, a veterinarian with the Swine Vet Centre. “I think it’s possible.” […] Read more
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Federal government kicks in $10.6 million for pork research
Glacier FarmMedia – A vaccine for porcine epidemic diarrhea virus and antimicrobial alternatives will be among the hog industry research projects supported by recently announced federal cash. “These projects and the knowledge that we’re aiming to achieve through this research will contribute to the bottom line of pork producers and processors and will also build […] Read more
Manitoba devises strategy to reduce PED
New strategy includes aggressively attacking disease outbreaks, intensely monitoring animals and improving operations
The Manitoba Pork Council has launched a PED elimination campaign for the southeast region, where wave after wave has hit since 2014. When the disease breaks out, it can quickly go from a handful of farms to dozens or more than 100. It kills most baby pigs it infects and damages the health and growth rates of other pigs.
Vaccine dream for PED not dead yet
Hog farmers sick of fighting porcine epidemic diarrhea virus have dreamed of having a vaccine to protect their pigs. But those dreams were dashed six months ago when a pharmaceutical company gave up on its attempts to create a PED vaccine. However, the head of the Veterinary Infectious Diseases Organization told Manitoba hog farmers that […] Read more
PED-zero now the goal for Man. hog industry
The sector recognizes that stamping out the virus is labour intensive, but living with the disease is becoming impossible
Sometimes it’s best to live with a virus. Sometimes it’s better to try to stamp it out. For managing porcine epidemic diarrhea virus in Manitoba, the Manitoba Pork Council is urging producers to embrace the latter. PED-zero is hard to achieve, but living with PED is becoming impossible. “It’s intensive,” Jenelle Hamblin of MPC said […] Read more
Biosecurity review recommended in latest PED outbreak
Porcine epidemic diarrhea is a viral diarrhea that has a high mortality rate in young piglets and production losses in the range of 10 percent of a farm’s annualized hog sales. Over the past two months, Manitoba has experienced a large outbreak of PED. This is not a new phenomenon for Manitoba, which has experienced […] Read more
Latest PED wave continues to grow in Man.
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Manitoba hog producers are trying to manage a pig epidemic that hasn’t been contained. “We’re at the point of managing this rather than our hoped-for outcome of trying to contain the virus,” said Cam Dahl, general manager of the Manitoba Pork Council. Sixty-one provincial facilities are now infected […] Read more
New PED outbreak not letting up in Manitoba
Number of cases in the province increases quickly as deadly hog virus echoes previous patterns seen in 2017 and 2019
Manitoba’s porcine epidemic diarrhea virus outbreak seems to be echoing previous big outbreaks, pushing the industry to try to lock it down fast. “It’s trending very unnervingly close to our 2017 and 2019 cases and where that went at that point,” said Jenelle Hamblin of the Manitoba Pork Council in an online meeting Dec. 7. […] Read more
Take the air out of PED threat
Sucking porcine epidemic diarrhea virus into a hog barn isn’t something a pig producer wants to do, but it seems to happen too often. “All of our hog barns are essentially gigantic vacuum cleaners,” said Tony Nikkel, director of veterinary services for Progressive Group. Negative air pressure can pull huge amounts of air into a […] Read more
PED shone light on importance of feed import controls
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, another coronavirus was wreaking havoc in North America, only this one was attacking pigs. This coronavirus causes porcine epidemic diarrhea, a severe disease in which pigs go off feed, vomit, have diarrhea and often die. The virus is shed in large volumes in the feces and other pigs become infected when […] Read more
