Biosecurity the key to controlling PED in Canada

Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea virus rampaged through the US pig herd in 2013. Meanwhile, the Canadians had some time to learn lessons as to how to avoid the disease from having a similar extreme impact on their herd. A first good step is biosecurity. By Bernie Peet, Pork Chain Consulting, Lacombe, Alberta, Canada When the incidence of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea virus (PEDv) infections on pig farms in the USA soared during the second half of 2013, Canadian veterinarians, industry bodies and prov