Officials with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry have confirmed that there has been a second outbreak of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus in the province.
This one is at a 600-head farrow-to-finish hog operation. Officials are not saying where.
“At this time, it is uncertain whether the first and second reported cases of PED are linked in any way,” Alberta Pork, the province’s hog producer agency, said.
Both Alberta Pork and provincial veterinary epidemiologist Dr. Julia Keenliside have confirmed the second case is not geographically close to the first, which was detected in January on a 400-sow farrow-to-finish operation in central Alberta.
