Novel Swine Enteric Coronavirus — United States
A virus that killed more than 8 million baby pigs in 2013 and 2014 nearly matches the DNA of a virus found in China and was likely carried into the United States on reusable tote bags used in international trade, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday.
A special investigation began last summer [2015] into the possible sources of the virus, known as porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED or PEDv). Nearly 10 percent of the nation’s hog population was lost, severely reducing the supply of
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