Battling a Virus

Cleanliness Next to Godliness in Fight to Stop Pig Disease

Elizabeth Williams
By  Elizabeth Williams , DTN Special Correspondent
Dr. Rodney "Butch" Baker, senior clinician with ISU's veterinary medicine school, recommends truck drivers not even get out of their trucks at hog farms in order to prevent the spread of PED. (Photo by Dr. Rodney "Butch" Baker)
Dr. Rodney "Butch" Baker, senior clinician with ISU's veterinary medicine school, recommends truck drivers not even get out of their trucks at hog farms in order to prevent the spread of PED. (Photo by Dr. Rodney "Butch" Baker)
Farmers must concentrate on biosecurity on their farms in order to stop the spread of the virulent porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, experts say.

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Elizabeth Williams

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