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Feed or feed transport as the potential route for a porcine epidemic diarrhea outbreak in a 10,000-sow breeding herd in Mexico
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  • Jorge Garrido-Mantilla,
  • Alicia Lara,
  • Ezequiel Guardado,
  • Jose Lopez,
  • Roger Cochrane,
  • Gustavo Pizarro,
  • Jean Paul Cano Castaneda
Jorge Garrido-Mantilla
Pipestone County

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Alicia Lara
Ciudad de Mexico
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Ezequiel Guardado
Pipestone County
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Jose Lopez
Ciudad de Mexico
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Roger Cochrane
Pipestone County
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Gustavo Pizarro
Pipestone County
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Jean Paul Cano Castaneda
Pipestone County
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Abstract

Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) produces infection in pigs characterized by vomiting and diarrhea. PEDV is transmitted via oral-fecal and a very low oral dose is enough to infect susceptible pigs, causing devastating consequences in production. A 10,000-sow farrow-to-wean farm located in northwest Mexico was infected with PEDV. After the observation of the first clinical signs, an outbreak investigation take into place to determine the most probably source of infection. A systematic collection of samples including rectal swabs, gestation and lactation feed, surface swabs from the interior or feed bins and many points of the feed truck delivering the implicated feed was performed. Samples were tested for PEDV polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Positive PCR results showed the evidence of PEDV RNA in lactating feed, the interior walls of the feed bins and in the interior of the auger boom of the feed truck. This, connected with the location of first clinical signs point that the most probably incursion of PEDV in to this breeding herd was contaminated feed. This paper shows how feed or feed transport can be a potential source of PEDV infection in farms and highlight the importance of stablishing biosecurity programs to mitigate the risk of PEDV infections.
07 May 2021Submitted to Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
07 May 2021Submission Checks Completed
07 May 2021Assigned to Editor
08 May 2021Reviewer(s) Assigned
30 May 2021Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
03 Jun 2021Editorial Decision: Revise Major
27 Jul 20211st Revision Received
27 Jul 2021Submission Checks Completed
27 Jul 2021Assigned to Editor
27 Jul 2021Reviewer(s) Assigned
05 Aug 2021Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
16 Aug 2021Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
09 Sep 20212nd Revision Received
09 Sep 2021Submission Checks Completed
09 Sep 2021Assigned to Editor
09 Sep 2021Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
18 Sep 2021Reviewer(s) Assigned
11 Oct 2021Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
11 Oct 20213rd Revision Received
11 Oct 2021Submission Checks Completed
11 Oct 2021Assigned to Editor
11 Oct 2021Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
12 Oct 2021Editorial Decision: Accept