date:Apr 28, 2014
e pork industry to track its spread.
It's a positive step that I wish they had taken last summer when it became obvious this was spreading rapidly, said Meyer.
Most farmers and researchers believe PEDv is transmitted from pig to pig by contact with pig manure.
Something like a tablespoon of PEDv infected manure is roughly enough to infect the entire U.S. hog herd, said Rodney Butch Baker, swine biosecurity specialist at Iowa State University.
The National Pork Board has spent about $1.7 mill