PEDv moving into Latin America

Europe does not seem to be too worried about Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea virus (PEDv). In Latin America, and especially Colombia and the Dominican Republic, however, the attitude has changed rapidly. As David Burch wrote last Monday in his excellent blog, European worries are certainly justified as PED virus may well travel across the oceans. After all, in May 2013, the virus managed to jump from Asia to the United States as well – and was confirmed in Mexico and Canada too.The amount of presen