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Hogs, Livestock

PEDv arrives in Alberta hogs

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Veterinary officials in Alberta are now investigating the province’s first-ever outbreak of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) in hogs. Alberta Pork, the province’s hog producer commission, and the provincial government on Tuesday announced an outbreak of the viral disease at what was described as a “400-head hog operation.” Javier Bahamon, quality assurance and production manager for
Manitoba Pork swine health programs manager Jenelle Hamblin.
Hogs, Livestock

Hog sector biosecurity changes paint target on PEDv

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PEDv has not reached the heights this year that gripped the pork industry during Manitoba’s historic outbreak in 2017, but the sector is still on high alert. Nine new cases have been reported in 2018 as of June 18, while 78 of Manitoba’s total 91 PED-positive cases were dubbed presumptive negative as of mid-May. This
Manitoba Pork and the Chief Veterinary Office have recommended heightened biosecurity measures for hog barns in a large portion of southeastern Manitoba.
Hogs, Local news

New case of PEDv confirmed May 15

Heightened biosecurity essential for large area in southeast

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A new case of PEDv confirmed in a finisher barn May 15 in southeastern Manitoba once again has the hog sector on high alert. Biocontainment procedures were immediately put on the site where the virus was detected, while Manitoba Pork and the Chief Veterinary Office recommended all premises heighten biosecurity in a large swath of
Six buffer zones have been identified since the PEDv outbreak began in early May.
Hogs, Local news

Manitoba Pork turns to producer-based program to stem PEDv outbreak

Manitoba Pork is hanging its hopes for combating PEDv on a newly launched disease response program

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Manitoba’s PEDv outbreak is still in full force, but the industry hopes a new initiative to connect producers will help combat the spread. This has already become the worst year on record for the virus with over four times as many cases reported as in the previous three years combined. The Manitoba Coordinated Disease Response
Vaccine put to the test as PEDv outbreak continues
Hogs, News

Vaccine put to the test as PEDv outbreak continues

Clinical trials have shown high hopes for the vaccine, which has been deployed to a producer in the PEDv hot zone in southeast Manitoba

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[Updated June 16, 2017] A vaccine that researchers say has been over 90 per cent effective against PEDv in clinical trials is on track for another field test in southeast Manitoba. Dr. Volker Gerdts, associate director of research at VIDO-InterVac and one of the lead researchers on the project, says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Call-in town hall urges biosecurity in face of PEDv outbreak
Hogs, Local news

Call-in town hall urges biosecurity in face of PEDv outbreak

The June 2 forum gave producers and industry representatives an update on PEDv 


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More cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) have been confirmed in Manitoba, despite increasingly strenuous calls for producers to ramp up biosecurity. Thirteen cases of PEDv were confirmed from April 29 to June 7. The most recent cases bring Manitoba’s PEDv record to 23. “It’s all very well having a document or a set
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Hogs, Livestock

New Manitoba PED case pushes envelope

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Southeastern Manitoba’s latest on-farm cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) include one outside the buffer zones in which earlier cases have been found. According to Manitoba Pork, the province’s chief veterinary officer (CVO) on Wednesday confirmed positive tests for PED on a hog nursery operation outside an existing five-kilometre buffer zone. That case — along
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Hogs, Livestock

PED’s spread alarms piglet-exporting Manitoba

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Winnipeg | Reuters — The deadly pig disease PEDv (porcine epidemic diarrhea virus) is spreading faster than expected in Manitoba, Canada’s biggest piglet-producing province. The number of cases since the beginning of May, now at 10, matches the total from the past three years combined, although the outbreak is not comparable in scale to PEDv’s
A total of 18 cases makes this the worst year ever for PED in Manitoba.
Hogs, Local news

Manitoba hits record numbers of PED virus

Three more were cases confirmed in the 
fourth week of May

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Eight cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) have been confirmed in Manitoba in the last month, making this the worst year on record for the virus. Last year, five cases of the disease were reported. Two of the eight cases were found 20 kilometres away from the initial infection area, whereas the initial cases were

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