Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus: An emerging and re-emerging epizootic swine virus

The enteric disease of swine recognized in the early 1970s in Europe was initially described as "epidemic viral diarrhea" and is now termed "porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED)". The coronavirus referred to as PED virus (PEDV) was determined to be the etiologic agent of this disease in the late 1970s. Since then the disease has been reported in Europe and Asia, but the most severe outbreaks have occurred predominantly in Asian swine-producing countries. Most recently, PED first emerged in early 2013 in the United States that caused high morbidity and mortality associated with PED, remarkably affecting US pig production, and spread further to Canada and Mexico. Soon thereafter, large-scale PED epidemics recurred…

• MO
  Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

  Award: 315021-04
• KI
  Korea Institute of Planning and Evaluation for Technology in Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

  Award: 315021-04