Surveillance initiative library - Manitoba porcine epidemic diarrhea virus surveillance through environmental testing

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Surveillance type:

Active

Animal type:

Swine

Disease agent:

Porcine epidemic diarrhea

Disease agent type:

Virus

Organization:

Manitoba Government

Other organization:

Region:

Manitoba

Production system:

Commercial, large-scale

Topic:

Regulated

Media Type:

Website

Surveillance Start Date

Unknown

Surveillance End Date

ongoing

Project End Date

ongoing

Website

Dec/05/2020

Manitoba porcine epidemic diarrhea virus surveillance through environmental testing

"A voluntary Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) testing program is ongoing at high-traffic sites that move or handle large numbers of pigs, including livestock assembly yards, federal and provincial abattoirs, truck-wash stations and livestock trailers. As of May 5, 2020, 38,942 samples have been submitted for PED testing from 20 high-traffic sites."