Feed-mill biosecurity critical to reducing disease transmission
May 29, 2019Jennifer Grullon
Feed and feed ingredients are generating a lot of interest as possible vectors in transmitting swine diseases.
What to do when emotions run high in a disease break
May 03, 2019Jennifer Grullon
Any way you look at it, going through a disease break on a farm is difficult. “The pigs are easy; it’s the people that make things difficult.”
Researchers create algorithm to predict PEDV outbreaks
Jan 24, 2019Jennifer Grullon
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an algorithm that could give pig farms advance notice of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) outbreaks.
What PED taught us about handling future disease outbreaks
Oct 19, 2017Jennifer Grullon
The porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) outbreak that devastated many US hog farms over the past 4 years served as a wake-up call for the pork industry to be more vigilant against foreign animal...
PEDV still taking major toll on US sow farms
Sep 21, 2017Jennifer Grullon
Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) is still around and can lead to major losses for pork producers, cautioned Gene Nemechek, DVM, technical services veterinarian, Zoetis.
Currently available vaccines important tools for managing PEDV-infected sow herds
Aug 18, 2017Jennifer Grullon
Currently available vaccines can be important tools for managing sow herds endemically infected with porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV).
PEDV and other pathogens survive in feed for weeks
Aug 14, 2017Jennifer Grullon
In 2013-2014, infection of pig farms with PEDV was a frequent event, even in farms using the highest level of biosecurity. In an effort to determine how this could happen, Scott Dee, DVM, began...
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PEDV outbreaks prompt a ‘CSI Pipestone’ investigation
Jun 08, 2017Jennifer Grullon
When PEDV devastated the US hog industry in 2013, the Pipestone System remained fairly unscathed, with only a couple of farms experiencing outbreaks. Their luck changed in January 2014.
Disinfectant effective against PEDV in freezing conditions
May 19, 2017Jennifer Grullon
Contaminated hog trailers are now known to be partially responsible for spreading the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) in 2013 as it emerged in the US.
