Source: AGWEB, 1/22/19


Pigs from the central Alberta farm reporting the province’s first outbreak of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus might be sent to market in the U.S., the Calgary Herald reports. The move would help calm fears of Canadian farmers and reduce the potential spread of the disease, officials say. So far none of the 400-head hog operation have left the farm, but industry officials say they are working to develop a plan for how to sell the surviving animals after the disease runs its course.

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