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Weekly Overview: Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea and the Need to Tight Biosecurity
2013-11-04 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
ANALYSIS - New information points to the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED) virus in the US has been transmitted by three routes - from pig to pig, on trucks and in the air. These highlight the vital importance of biosecurity procedures in helping to control the spread of the disease. Canada is soon to introduced a national swine traceability programme, which aims to aid the control of both animal and foodborne disease. A third outbreak of PRRS has been reported in Chile.
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