PED virus reinfecting U.S. herds: Virus estimated to have killed 7 million-plus pigs

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Avirus that has killed millions of neonatal pigs can cause multiple outbreaks on a farm withina year.Dr. Tom Burkgren, executive director of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians, said veterinarians have seen porcine epidemic diarrhea virus outbreaks this year on farms that also had outbreaks in summer 2013, although figures on reinfections are not available. On some farms, the coro-navirus has remained present since the initial outbreaks.