date:Jun 17, 2013
The pork industry is moving quickly to curb the spread of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV).
The National Pork Board announced this past week it would contribute $450,000 to research toward understanding the virus, which was positively identified less than a month ago.
Chris Novak, pork board CEO, said this is paired with a $77,000 commitment from the Iowa Pork Producers Association.
Producers are dealing with this for the first time here (in the U.S.), he said at the World Pork Expo Jun