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Environmental Samples from Pig Traffic Site Test Positive for PED
2014-03-17 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - The Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) has reported that a single set of environmental samples, not from an animal, collected from a high pig-traffic site in Manitoba have tested positive for porcine epidemic diarrhea virus.
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Smithfield halts hog kill at N. Carolina plant due to pig virus
2014-03-15 02:51:56| Food - Topix.net
Smithfield Foods Inc., the world's largest pork processor, suspended hog slaughter at its Tar Heel, North Carolina, plant on Friday because of the spread of the deadly Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus which has tightened hog supplies, industry sources said.
Pig Futures: Lean Pig Closed Up on Thursday
2014-03-14 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - April lean hogs closed up the $3.00 limit at $118.92 Thursday. Prices hit another contract and all-time record high today.
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Pig Industry Moves to Red Alert over Transatlantic Killer
2014-03-14 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - The British pig industry is on red alert, in a bid to prevent an outstandingly virulent pig disease from entering the country. Until more is known about transmission routes of porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus, the industry is focusing in particular on a specialist feed ingredient for young pigs—spray-dried porcine plasma.
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Broad Input Key to Successful Update of Canada's Pig Code
2014-03-14 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - A director with the Canadian Pork Council suggests broad public input has been a significant factor in the successful update of the Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs in Canada.
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