date:Apr 28, 2014
ion researching the virus, which is nearly always fatal in pigs younger than 21 days. With pork prices at an all-time high of $3.83 a pound, the loss of baby pigs cuts into profits for hog farmers.
If you have four weeks of mortality in a PEDv break, that's pretty devastating to the financial wellbeing of that operation, said Greg Boerboom, a Minnesota hog farmer.
I think most producers are scared, Boerboom said. They stay up at night.
PEDv does not pose a risk to human health and is not a fo