Persistence of clinical signs associated with rotavirus following an outbreak of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) on a farrow-to-grow swine operation in southwestern Ontario.

Can Vet J

Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario (Tenbergen, O'Sullivan, Poljak); Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario (DeLay); South West Ontario Veterinary Services, Stratford, Ontario (Charbonneau).

Published: June 2016

Clinical signs attributed to porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) persisted for several months in a southwestern Ontario farm following an outbreak of PED. Extensive testing revealed rotavirus infection and absence of PED in nursing and nursery pigs, highlighting the importance of repeated diagnostic testing following a disease outbreak.

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