Manitoba sees first case of pig virus; no risk to humans, other animals

Pigs are pictured at a barn at an Ontario farm. Officials in Ontario have confirmed multiple cases of a highly contagious pig virus that has ravaged herds across the United States.
(HANDOUT/THE CANADIAN PRESS)                                                                                             Winnipeg — The Canadian Press:
It appears a deadly and contagious pig virus has hit a Manitoba farm.
The Chief Veterinary Office of Manitoba is reporting positive samples of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus from pigs on a weaned-to-finish farm.
The office doesn’t say where the farm is.
The samples have been sent to the National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease in Winnipeg for confirmation...Continue reading...