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Volume 20, Number 5—May 2014

Dispatch

Role of Transportation in Spread of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus Infection, United States

James LoweComments to Author , Phillip Gauger, Karen Harmon, Jianqiang Zhang, Joseph Connor, Paul Yeske, Timothy Loula, Ian Levis, Luc Dufresne, and Rodger Main
Author affiliations: University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA (J. Lowe); Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA (P. Gauger, K Harmon, J. Zhang, R. Main); Carthage Veterinary Service, Ltd., Carthage, Illinois, USA (J. Connor); Swine Vet Center, P.A., St. Peter, MN, USA (P. Yeske, T. Loula); Iowa Select Farms, Iowa Falls, Iowa, USA (I. Levis); Seaboard Foods, Kansas City, Missouri, USA (L. Dufresne)

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Table

Status of environmental samples from pig transport trailers during an outbreak of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus infection, Midwestern United States, June 2013*

PCR status after unloading
 PCR test status before unloading
Positive
 Negative
 Total
Positive 25 (4.3) 28 (4.9) 53 (9.2)
Negative
 13 (2.3)
 509 (88.5)
 522 (90.8)
Total 38 (6.6) 537 (93.4) 575

*Values represent the number of trailers (% total) in each group. Samples were gathered from 6 pig harvest facilities.

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