date:Jul 04, 2013
of Agriculture and Consumer Services Livestock Health Programs director Dr. Tom Ray was quoted by the Reuters as saying that the virus was detected at a finishing farm where hogs are fattened up for slaughter, and a sow farm, where piglets are born.
The positive tests were confirmed by state and federal veterinarian diagnostic lab researchers.
While PEDv does not seem to affect older pigs, the rate of mortality in pigs four weeks old or younger has ranged from 50% to as high as 100%. However,