USDA Formalizes Swine Virus Reporting Requirement

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued an order requiring pork
producers, veterinarians and diagnostic laboratories to report new incidents
of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) and porcine deltacoronavirus to
state health officials or USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
The order formalizes measures announced in April to combat the spread of
PEDv, which has killed some seven million piglets since it was identified in
early 2013. USDA also announced $26.2 million to fund a variety of activities
to combat the diseases and support affected producers, including vaccine
development, state management and diagnostic testing. More information
on the April announcement appears in Issue 521 of this Update.

Issue 526