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Making SDCV a reportable disease will help minimize the risk of the disease becoming established in Alberta.

PED was reported on a farrow-to-finish operation in Middlesex County in Ontario. That brings the total number of cases in Ontario to 59.

There have been 45 outbreaks affecting commercial and backyard farms mainly in the Departments of Cundinamarca and Huila as well as one sporadic outbreak each in the Departments of Tolima, Boyacá and Santander.

The measures focus on thorough hygiene management at pig farms and the smooth supply of vaccines.

On June 4, a new PED case was reported on a farrow-to-finish farm in Middlesex County (Ontario).

USDA announced $26.2 million in funding to combat PEDv and issued a Federal Order requiring the reporting of new detections of these viruses to its APHIS or State animal health officials.

Live pigs from these countries entering the EU will be tested for Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea.

During this week, the Assembly examined the worldwide animal health situation, and gave special attention to the latest sanitary episodes of importance.

Rosselkhoznadzor imposes temporary restrictions on import of breeding and commercial pigs as well as not-heat-treated blood products used for manufacturing feeds for food-producing animals from May 30, 2014.

According to AASV, NAHLN reports 187 positive accessions out of 825 tested at 8 veterinary diagnostic labs for the week ending 5/17/14.

Positive cases were identified by RT-PCR in 17 states. To date, it has not been possible to isolate the virus.

The funding provided to British Columbia Pork Producers Association results in immediate action to reduce the risk of PED arriving in British Columbia.

There are now 62 farm premises that have tested positive for PED across Canada including two in Manitoba, one in Prince Edward Island, one in Quebec and 58 in Ontario.

The ICA has trained the swine producers in the department of Risaralda on porcine epidemic diarrhoea.

The PED cases represent 0.00005% (less than 1%) with respect to some 16 million pig heads in the national pig herd.

Rabobank believes the outbreak of PEDv in the US, Mexico, Japan and South Korea will lead to a likely decline in global pork production in 2014.