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PED cases fan out in southeastern Manitoba

Three more farms in southeastern Manitoba have been confirmed with cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) — all of them outside the buffer area in which six previous infected sites were confirmed earlier this month. Two farms, a sow operation and a finisher operation “linked by live pig movements,” were confirmed with PED Friday, followed

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Path of Manitoba PED infections tough to track

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 26, 2017

Officials investigating a recent spate of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) cases in southeastern Manitoba hog barns aren’t yet seeing a clear picture of how the virus is spreading from site to site. The province’s chief veterinary officer on Thursday confirmed positive tests for PED at a finisher operation in the same area as five previous

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Regional-level biosecurity urged against PED in Manitoba

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 19, 2017

Producers in southeastern Manitoba’s “hog alley” are being urged to keep animal movements to a minimum and limit contact with hog operations in an area that’s seen five on-farm cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) this month. The province’s chief veterinary officer on Thursday confirmed positive test results for PED at a sow operation in

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Manitoba confirms fourth PED case of year

By Alexis Stockford, GFM Network News May 17, 2017

Another finisher barn in southeastern Manitoba has tested positive for porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) in the province’s fourth on-farm case of the disease this year. Manitoba Pork Council general manager Andrew Dickson said barn staff noticed symptoms Sunday. Tests were taken the following day with results confirmed Tuesday. “That doesn’t mean every pig in the

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More PED cases turn up in southeastern Manitoba

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 9, 2017

A hog finisher operation and a sow operation in Manitoba’s southeastern “hog alley” have been confirmed with cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED), both within close range of the province’s first case in over seven months. According to Manitoba Pork, the province’s chief veterinary officer on Monday confirmed positive test results for PED at a

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Response seen curbing PED spread from Manitoba case

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 6, 2017

The “quite early” catch and quick response for Canada’s latest outbreak of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED), in a sow barn in Manitoba’s “hog alley,” are expected to keep a lid on the virus’ spread beyond the one site. The province’s chief veterinary officer (CVO) on Tuesday confirmed PED-positive tests at the southeastern Manitoba farm, and

(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

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PED pops back up in southern Ontario

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 14, 2017

Porcine epidemic diarrhea has appeared on two hog operations in southern Ontario, after nearly eight months with no new cases in the province. Ontario Pork reported the province’s 100th and 101st cases of PED on Feb. 22 and March 7, at finisher barns in Middlesex County and in the Haldimand-Norfolk district respectively. Ontario — home

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PED reappears in southeastern Manitoba

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 17, 2016

Manitoba has logged its first on-farm case of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) in over three months, in a sow barn in the province’s livestock-intensive southeast. Southeastern Manitoba has been home to all of the province’s nine on-farm outbreaks of PED since the virus first appeared there in February 2014. In the latest case, the provincial

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Field testing underway on Canadian PED vaccine

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 22, 2016

Field testing is underway and a corporate partner on board for development of a made-in-Saskatchewan vaccine to protect pigs against porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED). The University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac) said Monday its prototype vaccine, first announced last year, has moved into field testing in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Manitoba

(Manitoba Co-operator file photo by Laura Rance)

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Canada’s hog farmers suspect U.S. truck washes in PED fight

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek June 9, 2016

Reuters — Canadian farm groups are blasting U.S. truck washes for being too dirty to prevent the spread of a virus that has killed millions of piglets in recent years, exposing a dispute over the effectiveness of such facilities in North American agriculture. The brewing battle over trucks comes as Manitoba, which slaughters more swine

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PED cases fan out in southeastern Manitoba

Path of Manitoba PED infections tough to track

Regional-level biosecurity urged against PED in Manitoba

Manitoba confirms fourth PED case of year

More PED cases turn up in southeastern Manitoba

Response seen curbing PED spread from Manitoba case

PED pops back up in southern Ontario

PED reappears in southeastern Manitoba

Field testing underway on Canadian PED vaccine

Canada’s hog farmers suspect U.S. truck washes in PED fight

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