Growing pig incidence rate, control and prevention of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus in a large pig production system in the United States

dc.contributor.authorKikuti, Mariana
dc.contributor.authorDrebes, Donna
dc.contributor.authorRobbins, Rebecca
dc.contributor.authorDufresne, Luc
dc.contributor.authorSanhueza, Juan M.
dc.contributor.authorCorzo, Cesar A.
dc.date2022
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-01T20:39:08Z
dc.date.available2022-07-01T20:39:08Z
dc.description.abstractBackground In 2013, PEDV was introduced in the United States (U.S.) and rapidly spread across the country. Here we describe the occurrence of PEDV in the growing pig herd of one large U.S. production system through an active surveillance set in place between October 2019 and November 2020 designed to assess disease status upon placement into the growing pig site, before shipping to the slaughter plant and when diarrhea events were present at the site. We also assessed the impact of preventive procedures implemented in PEDV incidence that comprised site-specific equipment segregation and biosecurity changes regarding personnel movement between sites. Results 36.50% (100/274) of the sites had at least one PEDV introduction event before preventive procedures were implemented, yielding an incidence rate of 2.41 per 100 farm-weeks. Most (63/100) of them occurred in sites where animals were placed negative and PEDV was detected in clinical samples in a median of 8 weeks post placement. After preventive procedures were implemented, the overall PEDV incidence rate dropped to 0.37 per 100 farm-weeks (84.65% reduction, p < 0.001). Conclusion These results highlight the importance of systematic surveillance to identify the burden of diseases, areas of improvement in prevention and control, and to allow the measurement of the impact of policy/protocol changes.
dc.identifier.citationPORCINE HEALTH MANAGEMENT,Vol.8,,2022
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s40813-022-00268-9
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositoriodigital.uct.cl/handle/10925/4611
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBMC
dc.sourcePORCINE HEALTH MANAGEMENT
dc.subject.englishPorcine epidemic diarrhea virus
dc.subject.englishEpidemiology
dc.subject.englishIncidence
dc.subject.englishPrevention and control
dc.titleGrowing pig incidence rate, control and prevention of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus in a large pig production system in the United States
dc.typeArticle
uct.indizacionSCI
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