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Weekly Overview: No. 1 Topic at World Pork Expo: PED

2014-06-09 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

US - Many of the formal seminars as well as informal discussions at the World Pork Expo last week made at least mention of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED), which has been raging in the US for more than a year, causing losses estimated at seven million pigs and still counting. If it were not for relatively low feed prices and strong pig prices - resulting from a combination of the prospect of a supply shortage and growing exports - the US pork industry would be in serious trouble.

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