An intestinal parasite that causes diarrhea in humans also makes its home in pigs. The existence of the single-celled parasite, Dientamoeba fragilis, in pigs is important, the researchers explain ...

Sam Hines, executive vice president of the Michigan Pork Producers Association, said porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) is not a human health concern, but is deadly to newborn pigs. "This is not a ...

Those pigs should have been walking out of the barn, and we were carrying them out. Mentally it just hammers you." The virus causes intense diarrhea, which the youngest piglets, typically those ...

Despite his best efforts, the deadly diarrhea attacked in November, killing 13,000 animals in a matter of weeks, most of them less than 2 weeks old. The farm produces about 150,000 pigs each year.

By 2014, was detected for the first time in the U.S. during a pig diarrhea outbreak in Ohio, and has since been reported in several other countries. The disease can cause acute diarrhea and ...

With a dearth of solid leads, investigators are exploring whether something in pig feed could be a conduit for porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, which has spread to 27 states and killed millions of ...

“Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea.” PEDv, for short, is a virus that first appeared in the United States last year, reports Reuters. A harsh winter has seen the animal disease, which causes pigs to ...

Scientists say the virus was first discovered in pigs in China in 2012 but it was not associated with disease. It was first detected in the United States in 2014 during a diarrhea outbreak in Ohio ...

Researchers worldwide are racing to track the spread of a coronavirus that causes diarrhea and vomiting in pigs; it poses no threat to humans A lethal virus that causes diarrhea and vomiting in ...

Consuming Transgenic Goats' Milk Containing the Antimicrobial Protein Lysozyme Helps Resolve Diarrhea in Young Pigs. PLoS ONE , 2013; 8 (3): e58409 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058409 Cite This Page : ...

Milk from goats that were genetically modified to produce higher levels of a human antimicrobial protein has proved effective in treating diarrhea in young pigs, demonstrating the potential for food ...