Insights and Stories on PED

Alberta’s PED outbreak so far held to one spot

Jan. 18, 2019 at 8:26 am CST

The probe into Alberta’s first-ever outbreak of porcine epidemic diarrhea hasn’t yet shown any paths by which the PED virus might have got to the farm — nor any new cases anywhere else in the province. The provincial government on Jan. 7 confirmed the first case of PED to appear […]

PEDv arrives in Alberta hogs

Jan. 8, 2019 at 6:35 pm CST

By GFM Staff

Pork producers tackle new challenges, opportunities in 2018

Apr. 9, 2018 at 2:24 am CDT

By Dave Sims

New Manitoba PED case pushes envelope

Jun. 7, 2017 at 7:20 pm CDT

By Staff

PED’s spread alarms piglet-exporting Manitoba

Jun. 2, 2017 at 5:37 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

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

Path of Manitoba PED infections tough to track

May. 26, 2017 at 4:14 pm CDT

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 […]

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

More PED cases turn up in southeastern Manitoba

May. 9, 2017 at 1:45 pm CDT

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 […]

By Staff

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