Taiwan: 2014 Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea outbreaks

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Source: http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aeco/201402170041.aspx


Taisugar reports 16,000 piglet deaths due to viral disease
2014/02/17 21:59:14

Taipei, Feb. 17 (CNA) About 16,000 young pigs on 14 farms operated by state-run Taiwan Sugar Corp. (Taisugar) in central and southern Taiwan have died due to a viral disease that has spread on its farms since January, company spokesman Lee Tsung-hsun said Monday.

The outbreak of the deadly pig virus -- porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) -- was first reported last month on Taisugar's farms in Chiayi and Yunlin counties and caused the death of nearly 3,000 piglets.

It has since spread to Pingtung County, bringing the number of the company's pig farms affected to 14 and the number of piglet deaths to 16,000, or 3 percent of the total raised by Taisugar, according to Lee...

 

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Re: Taiwan: 2014 Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea outbreaks

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Epidemic caused by the spread of swine piglet deaths of tens of thousands of Taiwan over the past six months is still hard to effectively control

At 09:14 on February 28, 2014 Source: China Taiwan Network
　　
Diarrhea in piglets infected with the reporter of the lens (left) compared with normal pigs (R) was significantly weak. Taiwan's United Daily News offers
　　
China Taiwan News Network February 28, according to Taiwan's "United Daily News" reported that "only saw a dead pig, really distressed!" Diarrhea epidemic has spread over five months, Taiwan's pig farmers recently complained that "agricultural Authority "negative strain, also played down the epidemic.
　　
The most crucial is no epidemic control, pig farmers grievances again and again, scholars also believe that the current "situation" difficult to prevent. College of Veterinary Medicine, National Taiwan University Professor Emeritus Lai Sui show directed epidemic is serious.
　　
In this wave of outbreaks in pigs, the most serious of Pingtung County, Taiwan itself pig Pig Association executive supervisor Pan Lian Zhou said, full-screen into a pig farm east county has nine victims, more than 300,000 deaths in piglets, "COA Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, "said that only 140,000," There (are) talking about black and white. "
　　
Diarrhea outbreak came from the south, Tainan, Yunlin also "fall", Changhua County, a one thousand two weeks ago piglets died yesterday, has been increased to 20,000 bulls, infected farms from January 48 as, to 91. Yunlin infected piglets have 30,000 bulls.
　　
Epidemic continues to spread, Changhua Hongxing feed suppliers, said: "Many pig farmers did Bulletin, (local) actual infection (number of farms) should not exceed 80%."
　　
Foundation researcher at the Institute of Animal Science, Chan Kai-ming said that this wave of the epidemic strain variation from the threat is 10 to 50 times before the virus, which is unprecedented severe outbreak.
　　
Changhua County Pig Association Zhangsheng Ming believes that "COA" Although the United States the same type of virus, but how could flow into Taiwan? How attempts to prevent? This is the more important issue.
　　
However, where the epidemic began in the end, is still a mystery.

Pingtung, Changhua, Yunlin and other counties have directed their attacks, Yunlin refute that last July Pingtung send specimen discovered diarrhea virus, Yunlin in November reported outbreaks. For argument Yunlin County, Pingtung County livestock disease control director Xurong Bin said "unclear."
　　
Yunlin County Animal and Plant Health Director Huanghong You said that diarrhea infection route is currently unknown, Pingtung piglets sold to the country, may be transmitted through feed factory freight cars traveled throughout the province, it may spread the virus. (China Taiwan Network Shuai)

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