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PEDV Helps Reinforce the Importance of Premises IDs

2014-02-08 01:31:00| National Hog Farmer

By Patrick Webb, DVM, National Pork Board Director of Swine Health Programs The pork industry has been given a test with porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV). A dry run, so to speak, for a foreign animal disease outbreak. Luckily, this test comes without the loss of trade and regulatory actions restricting movement, but it is causing significant animal health and economic consequences to the industry. The PEDV response has highlighted the need for changes to the way producers and veterinarians manage records, diagnostic submissions and health information. That change has to do with consciously and consistently using premises identification numbers (PINs) on veterinary diagnostic laboratory forms. read more

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