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Mandatory reporting of PEDv considered
The executive director of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians says his organization does not have a position on mandatory reporting of the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus in pigs but believes it could help. PEDv is currently not a reportable animal disease but Tom Burkgren tells Brownfield Ag News the U.S. Department of Agriculture is working on a plan to require it. He says the association may support a plan, depending on its details, “If mandatory reporting comes in and it’s a useful tool then, I think, as an industry we will support that. Just as well as we would support anything that would help us get a handle on the virus and getting rid of the virus.”
Burkgren says the association is giving the USDA input and prefers a system that protects farmers’ data, “We certainly don’t want a data collection that’s going to put any more stress on producers or veterinarians that there already is from PED.”
Pork industry groups have been urging producers to volunteer their premise identification in the event PED affects their farms. Burkgren says “the devil’s in the details” but mandatory reporting could help with PEDv eradication and control. It is known to be present in 29 states.
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