PEDV Update: New, Unrelated Strains Invade US Swine

submitted by Albert Gomez

genesus.com - by Pat Hoffman - April 4, 2014

Two weeks ago, Genesus attended the American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV) Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas.  As one might imagine, there was a lot of discussion about Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDV)… What can be done to minimize losses?… Can we contain it?… How do we prevent it?… How do we sanitize contaminated facilities and trucks?… etc. One of the hotter topics of discussion, though, was evidence that confirms the presence of multiple, unrelated strains of PEDV have been detected US swine in addition to a distant cousin, the Swine Delta Coronavirus (SDCV).

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