What we learned from PED applies to COVID-19
Jun 08, 2020Susan Spiegel
Swine veterinarians and producers may feel déjà vu when they hear about the COVID-19 epidemic in the US.
Chronic PED cases linger, setting the stage for elimination
Apr 04, 2020Susan Spiegel
The wild run of porcine epidemic diarrhea striking the pork industry in 2013 has slowed substantially, but chronic versions continue to plague some farms.
Is it time to eliminate PED from US herds?
Mar 04, 2019Susan Spiegel
By Joseph F. Connor, DVM, MS, Carthage Veterinary Service, Ltd., Carthage, Illinois
PED — live with it or eliminate it?
Dec 26, 2018Susan Spiegel
The porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus that devastated the US swine industry several years ago continues to persist, causing fewer pig deaths but curtailing pig growth.
Veterinarian: ‘Take PED seriously and get it cleaned up’
Dec 18, 2018Susan Spiegel
After a few years of limited activity, PED remained quiet in southwest Minnesota until last spring, when four sow farms in southwest Minnesota broke with the disease.
Pavlovic: Today’s PED outbreaks may be mild but still hurt profitability
Sep 24, 2018Susan Spiegel
Porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus may not be as devastating to hogs today as it was a few years ago, but it still damages the bottom line, according to Lynn Pavlovic, DVM, Iowa Select Farms.
Rapid Response Corps poised to investigate transboundary swine disease outbreaks
Jun 05, 2018Susan Spiegel
The US pork industry learned a big lesson after the porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) outbreak in 2013.
Swine vet: Factory-farm concept ‘couldn’t be further from the truth’
May 19, 2017Susan Spiegel
Today the term factory farm is used very widely, and most people think machines are making pigs, notes Seth Krantz, DVM, company veterinarian for Tosh Farms.
Losing family swine herd to disease turned this farmhand into a veterinarian
May 19, 2017Susan Spiegel
As a child, when the swine disease pseudorabies (Aujeszky’s disease) forced his father to sell all the family’s pigs and start over, Andrew Bents got the calling to become a swine veterinarian.
