PEDv, similar to transmissible gastroenteritis (TGE), can cause devastating losses up to 100 % in
infected piglets up to 3 weeks of age.
The PEDv is a highly contagious coronavirus that affects swine, causing diarrhea and vomiting, and death of 50 - 100 percent of
infected piglets.
Not exact matches
To figure out if the SADS virus isolated from sick
piglets had been the cause of their demise, researchers
infected healthy farm
piglets with the virus.
Feedback allows female hogs to become
infected and pass on immunity to
piglets, which are more likely to die from the disease than older hogs.
Differences in the intestinal microbiota between uninfected
piglets and
piglets infected with porcine epidemic diarrhea virus.