Update on Swine Enteric Coronavirus Disease in US

US - The number of pig farm samples that are confirmed positive for porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus (PEDV) in the last week was eight. There have been no premises confirmed with having porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) and three premises reported the dual infection (PEDV and PDCoV).

For the latest week the total number of premises with confirmed positive status are 1,291 for PEDV, 60 for PDCOV and 51 for dual infection.

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