Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Huron farm has PED

A finisher barn in Huron County has been hit by an outbreak of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus.

It is the first outbreak since June 27.

That was a nursery barn in next-door Bruce County.

This brings the total number of Ontario outbreaks to 105.

The risk of spread increases with colder weather which is more favourable for virus survival.

The disease has a much greater impact on newborns, often killing all of them, than on finisher-barn pigs where most recover after a bout.