Friday, July 12, 2024

Two new PED outbreaks


 

There have been two new outbreaks of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, both in finisher barns.


One is in Huron-Bruce and the other in Huron County.


More hogs have been going to packing plants in the United States because the Sofina-owned plant in Burlington can buy lower-cost market hogs from Quebec.


Trailers returning from the United States sometimes are not cleaned and disinfected enough to eliminate the highly-contagious virus.