#14-276
CompleteDate Full Report Received
08/25/2016Date Abstract Report Received
08/25/2016Funded By
National Pork BoardThis project was designed to test manure from manure lagoons on sow farms across the midwest for the presence of viable PEDV in an effort to understand the risk of transmitting this virus during pit pumping. Of the pits we tested, we found that only one lagoon had evidence of infectious virus present, and this farm was at that time weaning PED positive piglets. These data continue to emphasize the need for proper biosecurity measures and planning during the pit pumping, especially when dealing with known PED positive sow farms.
In this study, we sampled 5 manure lagoon from barns in Iowa, Nebraska and North Dakota. At each site, manure was sampled by tossing a small bucket attached to a cord into the lagoon at three different locations. The manure samples were tested individually for PEDV at the University of Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic lab by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and also tested by swine bio-assay for presence of live virus.