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Researchers from North Carolina State University used a three-model approach to trace the between-farm spread of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV), as well as to analyze the efficacy of different control strategies in these scenarios. The approach may enable farmers to be more proactive in preventing the spread of PEDV and to optimize their efforts to control the disease.
PEDV is a virus that causes high mortality rates in preweaned piglets. The virus emerged in the U.S. in 2013 and by 2014 had infected approximately 50 percent of breeding herds. PEDV is transmitted by contact with contaminated fecal matter. We wanted to compare three different models by using actual outbreak data in order to test their efficacy, says Gustavo Machado, assistant professor of population health and pathobiology at NC State and corresponding author of a paper describing the work. Then we could use the data to determine the best intervention strategy in each case.