Research conducted on behalf of Swine Innovation Porc suggests the infectivity of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea contaminated manure in lagoons dissipates more quickly than previously suspected. On behalf of Swine Innovation Pork, researchers with Alberta Agriculture, Alberta Pork and the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization have been examining the infectivity of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea in stored manure.
Javier Bahamon, the Quality Assurance and Production Manager with Alberta Pork, explains samples were collected from manure lagoons on farms that had experienced PED six months earlier and litters of piglets were exposed to the virus it contained.
Clip-Javier Bahamon-Alberta Pork:
What we found is that after exposure of these animals, the animals didn't present any clinical signs of the disease. We couldn't find any evidence that the virus was active on the piglets. The PCR on the pigs were negative and there weren't any clinical signs of the virus that were exposed to different litters.