It’s not known how the devastating virus arrived or how it showed up in one isolated room on a second farm
There is no vaccine for the deadly virus, so controlled exposure is used to create immunity
Rather than slaughter recovered pigs, authorities move them to clean barns and then closely monitor them
Officials say affected farms in Manitoba had good biosecurity protocols — but following them every day is another matter
The low dollar is taking away some of the pain caused by a big increase in the American pig herd
Prairie pork boards say swine trailers coming from U.S. must be washed and disinfected here
PEDv decimated the U.S. hog herd, but Canada showed how to do biosecurity right
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