PED becomes notifiable disease in England
From today, Friday 18 December, it is a legal requirement to notify APHA of suspect and confirmed cases of PED in pigs in England.
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Differential diagnosis of post-weaning diarrhoea in pigs
An accurate diagnosis is sometimes difficult because of the common occurrence of mixed infections, the compounding effects of environment and nutrition and the difficulties experienced in isolating and identifying all the possible pathogenic agents involved.
The emergence of PEDV and the importance of biosecurity in feed supply chain
The transmission of PEDV through the feed supply chain is an example of a complex disease transmission pathway that triggered swine feed industry stakeholders to collaborate in understanding and addressing the risk factors.
EU extends the period of application of the protective measures against the PED
In light of the evolution in the disease situation in the third countries concerned, the protection measures should be prolonged until the end of October 2016.
USDA issues root cause investigation report for swine enteric coronavirus diseases
The scenario that best fit the criteria for virus entry into the U.S. was virus spread through reuse of contaminated Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers (FIBC).
Changes in the swine gut microbiota in response to porcine epidemic diarrhea infection
Most commensal bacteria (i.e. Psychrobacter, Prevotella, and Faecalibacterium) in the healthy gastrointestinal tract were decreased due to dysbiosis induced by PEDV infection.
An evaluation of PEDv survival in individual feed ingredients in the presence or absence of a liquid antimicrobial
Under the conditions of this study, PEDV viability in feed was influenced by ingredient with extended survival in SBM. Furthermore, LA treatment rendered virus inactive, independent of ingredient type.
Canada: new PED case in Ontario
Canada notified, last 2 July, a new case of porcine epidemic diarrhoea (PED) in Ontario, specifically on a farrow-to-finish farm located in the county of Lambton.
PED: update on the present status within Europe
All sequenced PEDV isolates that were found recently within European countries were most closely related to so called S INDEL PEDV, which was originally described in the US in January 2014.
Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea in US – Field update
How much has disease changed from its first introduction? Currently, we can find a new variant that appears to be a much milder form of PEDv, there are sow herds with chronic PEDv ( ~10% of breeding herds), a few sow herds with re-breaks (~ 3-5% of herds), ….
United States: drop in the number of PEDv-positive farms
As of 17 May 2015 there are 1.355 farms and premises infected with PEDV.
Canada: new outbreak of PED in Ontario
According to Ontario Pork, a new outbreak of PED has been detected in Wellington county, Ontario.
Some considerations on PEDV (2/2): Comparison of pathogenesis and piglet mortality between isolates from the USA and the reference strain from Europe
Recently, PED outbreaks caused by viruses with high sequence identity to those in US but with rather low impact have recently been reported in several European countries.
United Kingdom: pig industry disease charter launched
A new significant diseases charter has been launched by BPEX in the face of threats from challenges such as Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PEDv).
A novel pathogenic mammalian orthoreovirus from diarrheic pigs and swine blood meal in the United States
Here we report the isolation and characterization of a novel mammalian orthoreovirus 3 (MRV3) from diarrheic feces of piglets from these outbreaks in three states and ring-dried swine blood meal from multiple sources.