The first case of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) in Canada was confirmed in a swine herd in southwestern Ontario in January 2014. This finding came almost 9 months after the initial detection of PED in the United States, which was in May 2013 (1). It is of great concern for Canadian swine farmers and pork producers that this disease, which has spread to over 30 States in the US, has now been detected in a total of 67 farms in Canada. While the majority of reported cases are in the province of Ontario, PED raises issues across the country about how to prevent or manage diseases, given that they recognize no boundaries and are on an upward trend with the integrated farming, production, and processing between countries such as the USA and Canada, which share extensive borders.
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