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Lessons Learned Looking Back to 2017 PEDv Outbreak in Manitoba
Posted in: Pork Insight Articles, Production by student on June 19, 2018
Author: Harry Siemens
Publication: Prairie Hog Country, June/July 2018
Summary: Looking back at the 2017 PEDv outbreak in Manitoba as a lesson for future disease control project workers conducted interviews. These interviews were held with producers, feed companies, transporters, assembly yards, diagnostic labs and representatives of the Manitoba Chief Veterinary Office and Manitoba Pork. Through these interviews they analyzed what was working well and what did not, where they needed to change and established some recommendations for future outbreaks. Biosecurity varied significantly within the industry, having some producers practices little to none. They looked at short term strategies that these and other producers could implement to enhance their biosecurity in times of outbreak. These protocols were not sustainable but would help to protect the farms during these times. They would include restricted access protocols, reducing people entering the farm, limited visitors, reducing frequency of movements and dedicating the staff to restricted barns.
Lessons Learned Looking Back to the 2017 PEDv Outbreak in Manitoba