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 moreTag Archives PED
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
PED makes nasty comeback in Manitoba
Manitoba is grappling with a hog disease outbreak that’s so severe it’s even showing up in U.S. import statistics. As of Sept. 10, 74 Manitoba hog production facilities have been discovered positive for porcine epidemic diarrhea virus this year as a widespread outbreak that began in May continues to knock down new barns. Before May, […] Read more
Alta. contains PED outbreak
There have been no new cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea in Alberta since the last of the four infected premises was reported in March, and Alberta Agriculture epidemiologist Dr. Julia Keenliside said she is confident increased surveillance tells that tale. “We don’t likely have any other farms out there that are infected with the disease,” […] Read more
More PED found on Alberta hog farms
Updated – March 4, 2019 – 1430 CST – Alberta Pork has updated their announcement made last week to note the third reported case of PED has been found to be a “false positive.” The third and fourth cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus in Alberta were announced by Alberta Pork mere hours apart March […] Read more
Another PED case confirmed on an Alberta farm
Alberta confirmed its second case of porcine epidemic virus yesterday, this one in a 600-head farrow-to-finish hog operation. Alberta Pork reported the discovery Feb. 21. Location of the affected farm was not disclosed, so it is not known whether it is near the site of the first confirmed Alberta case in a central Alberta farrow-to-finish […] Read more
Alta.’s PED find appears to be isolated case
Alberta’s first case of porcine epidemic diarrhea is so far confined to a single 400-sow farrow-to-finish operation in east-central Alberta. Alberta Pork said yesterday that no pigs have left the affected farm since the virus was confirmed and none will be moved until a veterinarian’s certificate is provided. Tests at high-traffic pig sites in the […] Read more
Hog producers match wits with PED
Manitoba hog producers, veterinarians and others in the industry are nearing the end of a battle against deadly porcine epidemic diarrhea virus that affected 80 operations between April 28 and Oct. 24 last year. Dr. Glen Duizer, chief veterinary officer for Manitoba, said May 8 that 67 of those operations are “presumptive negative,” which means […] Read more
Ontario hog industry confident PED can be beat
BANFF, Alta. — Ontario hog producers have suffered the most among all others in Canada from outbreaks of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus. The province has had 106 confirmed cases since 2014, the most recent one confirmed Jan. 2 in an Oxford County farrow-feeder operation. Most of those affected operations have eliminated the virus, and Dr. […] Read more
