Officials have gone to extraordinary lengths to find out how porcine epidemic diarrhea arrived here
Authorities say it’s ‘good news’ that the devastating disease hasn’t spread, but don’t know how it got here
The deadly virus was recently found in a transport trailer that was supposed to have been disinfected before crossing the border
Livestock trailers coming from the U.S. could spread the virus across Western Canada, say pork officials
The list of changes is long and no detail was deemed too small in the effort to keep PEDv out of Alberta
Five to Remember: The threat of PEDv hung over the sector all year, but the virus was kept at bay and strong prices helped heal years of hurt
Pork producers warned to treat assembly yards, abattoirs and truck washes as potentially contaminated
A positive test for PEDv and a second one for swine delta coronavirus were recorded at handling facilities, not farms
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