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PEDv either a boom or bust for weanling producers

Staying clean means the difference between  heaven or hell

By Daniel Winters May 15, 2014

For weanling producers in Manitoba, the devastation wrought by porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) elsewhere has a very silvery lining. As their counterparts south of the border and in Eastern Canada haul dead piglets out of their barns by the wheelbarrow, the industry here is getting $90-$100 per head for isoweans and up to $135 for

Hogs, Livestock, News

Immunity is the first step in PEDv fight

Heat may prove effective for some producers seeking to eradicate the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus

By Shannon VanRaes April 23, 2014

Getting barns that have been infected by the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) back to normal is possible — but not easy, a panel of industry officials told Manitoba pork producers last week. “We’ve been told it will happen over time, but it will take a lot of time,” said Greg Boerboom of the Minnesota Pork

Hogs, Livestock

Manitoba’s hog industry holding the line against PED

Discovery of Delta coronavirus at six Ontario sites shows a ‘portal’ is letting in new diseases, says vet

By Daniel Winters April 1, 2014

Biosecurity measures undertaken by all sectors of the hog industry have managed to hold the line against the highly contagious porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, (PEDv). Manitoba has experienced just one infected premise in Manitoba and two positive swabs at high hog traffic areas, said Karl Kynoch, chair of the Manitoba Pork Council. “That’s hugely positive

Livestock

CFIA finds feed failed to infect pigs

Vet working with Ontario’s infected herds says agencies  reporting of test results ‘confuses the facts’

By Daniel Winters March 18, 2014

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says testing has been unable to confirm a link between pig feed containing blood plasma and an outbreak of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) in Eastern Canada. But an Ontario vet on the front lines of that province’s outbreak says a common source of feed is the only thing linking the

Hogs, Livestock

USDA sees pig virus limiting hog supply; cattle prices up

Southern Plains drought also limiting  herd expansion

March 3, 2014

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Feb. 20 that the spread of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) through the U.S. hog herd will “sharply limit” the supply of hogs compared to earlier expectations. “Mortality rates due to PEDv have been highest among young piglets which have curtailed the growth in the number of pigs per

Hogs, News

What is spray-dried porcine plasma?

Cross-contamination might be to blame, says Iowa State University professor

By Daniel Winters February 28, 2014

The use of spray-dried porcine plasma, an ingredient in weanling rations derived from the blood of slaughtered pigs, has been used without incident in the hog sector since the 1990s. But it has now come under intense scrutiny as a possible cause of the PED outbreak in Canada that began on Jan 22. “It’s real

Hogs, News

Manitoba PEDv case not linked to feed: CVO

There are 24 farms  affected in Eastern Canada

By Daniel Winters February 25, 2014

The effort to contain the outbreak of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) seems to be working. An investigation of 45 farms that had contact with Manitoba’s only infected hog premises to date, a weaning-to-finish operation in the southeast, have found no further infections, said acting chief veterinary officer Dr. Glen Duizer. “We are working through all

Hogs, Livestock

U.S. weekly PEDv reports increase

The outbreak is increasing costs and reducing production

By Meredith Davis February 6, 2014

Confirmed cases of a deadly pig virus spreading across the U.S. Hog Belt jumped by 215 to its highest weekly increase since it was discovered in the country in April 2013, according to USDA’s National Animal Health Laboratory Network. NAHLN announced the rise in cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) on Jan. 28. Each

News & Opinion

Manitoba pork industry to step up PEDv fight

Outbreak in Ontario heightens risk that virus deadly to piglets could spread to Western Canada

By Daniel Winters January 31, 2014

All sectors of Manitoba’s pork industry are being urged to step up their vigilance and biosecurity measures especially regarding transportation, now that Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv) has been detected in Ontario. Last Friday the Manitoba Pork Council held a town hall-style conference call aimed at keeping the industry abreast of the situation. Chairman Karl

Daily Network News

USDA defends $12 billion subsidy amid farm economy challenges

Canada December retail sales down 0.4 per cent; seen up 1.5 per cent in January

Feed Grains Weekly: Domestic prices remain flat

Tag Archives PEDv

PEDv either a boom or bust for weanling producers

Immunity is the first step in PEDv fight

Manitoba’s hog industry holding the line against PED

CFIA finds feed failed to infect pigs

USDA sees pig virus limiting hog supply; cattle prices up

What is spray-dried porcine plasma?

Manitoba PEDv case not linked to feed: CVO

U.S. weekly PEDv reports increase

Manitoba pork industry to step up PEDv fight

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