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Zoetis awards PEDv research grants

Zoetis has awarded research grants to Suidae Health and Production and to Iowa State University to help improve control of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv) in breeding and farrowing herds.

Suidae Health and Production, a swine veterinary practice with three locations across Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska, will use its grant in the amount of $98,000 to study the efficacy of vaccination in boosting the immune response to PEDv in both naïve sows and previously exposed sows. Results will be compared to naïve sows that receive a placebo.

The $59,000 grant awarded to Iowa State University where researchers will measure the effectiveness of the conditionally licensed vaccine from Zoetis in helping to reduce PEDv incidence on chronically affected breeding farms.

Cases of PEDv have been confirmed in at least 33 states, and about 30% of farms report a reoccurrence within a year of an initial outbreak.