WeCAHN animal health surveillance activities - Manitoba PED Surveillance through Environmental testing

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Animal health surveillance programs across the four western provinces

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Type (Project/Program):

Program

Surveillance Type:

Active

Animal Type:

Swine

Disease Agent:

Coronavirus

Disease Agent Type:

Virus

Organization:

Manitoba Government

Region:

Manitoba

Production System:

"Commercial, large-scale"

Topic:

Regulated

Media Type:

Website

Surveillance Start Date

Unknown

Surveillance End Date

ongoing

Project End Date

ongoing

Website

Dec/22/2020

Manitoba PED Surveillance through Environmental testing

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"A voluntary PED testing program is ongoing at high-traffic sites that move or handle large numbers of pigs, including livestock assembly yards, federal and provincial abattoirs, truck-wash stations and livestock trailers. As of May 5, 2020, 38,942 samples have been submitted for PED testing from 20 high-traffic sites."