Insights and Stories on Pedv

West’s hog farmers urged to insist trailers cleaned in Canada

Apr. 29, 2016 at 5:32 pm CDT

Hog industry officials in Western Canada want hog producers to insist that livestock trailers coming to their farms be washed at certified Canadian cleaning facilities — even if the trailers were just cleaned on the U.S. side of the border. The recommendation comes as a federally-approved trailer-wash pilot project, credited with helping […]

U.S. hog herd ekes out new high as PED impact ebbs

Mar. 28, 2016 at 6:05 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

CFIA to continue PEDv hog trailer policy until May

Dec. 24, 2015 at 4:45 pm CST

By Staff

Merck to buy Harrisvaccines to boost livestock portfolio

Nov. 12, 2015 at 7:24 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

PEDv may have entered U.S. on ‘reusable’ feed bags

Oct. 3, 2015 at 3:21 pm CDT

By Danny Na P.J. Huffstutter

Less-potent pig virus fuels U.S. hog herd growth, but rate slows

Jun. 27, 2015 at 8:42 am CDT

Reuters — The U.S. hog herd grew nine per cent during the March-May quarter compared with a year ago, a U.S. Department of Agriculture report showed on Friday, reflecting better measures to combat a deadly pig virus which resulted in record pigs per litter, analysts said. However, weaker hog prices […]

By Theopolis Waters

Pork prices near bottom but should climb soon, analyst says

Apr. 9, 2015 at 6:55 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Over a year after porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) tore into North America’s hog supply, hog production is on the upswing — but the same can’t be said for prices. “I would say prices are likely nearing the bottom. We should start to rebound here once barbecue season […]

By Dave Sims

USDA hog report confirms active herd growth as PED fears ease

Mar. 27, 2015 at 6:13 pm CDT

Reuters — The U.S. hog herd grew seven per cent during the December-February quarter versus the same period last year, a U.S. Department of Agriculture report showed on Friday, reflecting producer profitability and the less-severe porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus, said analysts. Hog farmers willingly expanded their herds after vaccines […]

By Theopolis Waters

Nursery barn Quebec’s sixth case of PED

Jan. 8, 2015 at 3:23 pm CST

Another nursery barn in Quebec’s Monteregie is the site of the province’s sixth case of porcine epidemic diarrhea in hogs, provincial officials said Thursday. The infections were confirmed Wednesday through lab tests on fecal samples from a 5,000-hog operation at St-Aime, about 30 km southeast of Sorel, Quebec’s provincial swine […]

By Staff

Two more Que. hog operations confirmed with PED

Jan. 7, 2015 at 4:52 pm CST

Two more hog operations in Quebec’s Monteregie — a nursery operation and a finishing barn — have been confirmed infected with porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED). Quebec’s provincial swine health team (EQSP) announced Wednesday that the two new cases — both in the St-Denis-sur-Richelieu area, about 25 km northwest of St-Hyacinthe […]

By Staff

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