date:Feb 21, 2014
ed Wednesday by USDA's National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN).
USDA defines each diagnostic case as multiple animals at a single farm site or at several locations. The latest data showed that the number of weekly confirmed cases decreased slightly from a high of 301 in the week of Feb 2.
Although PEDv does not affect humans and is not a food safety risk, the virus's toll on pigs is trickling up the food chain in the form of industry financial losses and potentially higher pork price