Insights and Stories on Biosecurity

Alberta confirms third and fourth PED cases

Mar. 1, 2019 at 5:31 pm CST

Update, March 4, 2019: The third PED case to which this article refers was announced Monday to be a “false positive.” Click here for details. Alberta, which until January was one of the remaining hog-producing provinces clear of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED), is now up to four cases in three […]

PED not yet done with Alberta

Feb. 22, 2019 at 4:37 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Pigs could soon move off Alberta’s PED-infected farm

Feb. 7, 2019 at 8:15 pm CST

By GFM Staff

Alberta’s PED outbreak so far held to one spot

Jan. 18, 2019 at 8:26 am CST

By GFM Staff

PEDv arrives in Alberta hogs

Jan. 8, 2019 at 6:35 pm CST

By GFM Staff

Greig: Why IBV is such a tough bug

May. 17, 2018 at 7:36 pm CDT

Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) continues to find ways to keep itself relevant to poultry farmers, researchers and veterinarians across North America — much to their dismay. Why it matters: Despite lots of research and efforts to find ways to manage it, the virus continues to mutate and show up in […]

By John Greig

New Manitoba PED case pushes envelope

Jun. 7, 2017 at 7:20 pm CDT

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 […]

By Staff

PED cases fan out in southeastern Manitoba

May. 31, 2017 at 7:56 pm CDT

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 […]

By Staff

Regional-level biosecurity urged against PED in Manitoba

May. 19, 2017 at 8:10 pm CDT

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 […]

By Staff

Manitoba confirms fourth PED case of year

May. 17, 2017 at 3:09 pm CDT

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 […]

By Alexis Stockford

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