date:Feb 21, 2014
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Mortality rates due to PEDv have been highest among young piglets, which have curtailed the growth in the number of pigs per litter and will likely slow expansion, USDA's chief economist Joseph Glauber said during the agency's annual outlook conference in Washington.
Older pigs have a chance of survival, but the virus kills 80 to 100 percent of piglets that contract it.
Some U.S. meat companies have said that the virus is driving up hog prices and cutting the pork supply by 2