Measuring Manure Depth in the PED Era
The Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED) virus stays viable in stored manure for extended periods of time. In barns that have experienced a PED outbreak, producers should avoid bringing stored manure back up to the surface where it could infect PED-susceptible pigs, according to Jerry May (Extension Educator at Michigan State University, MSU) and Madonna Benjamin (MSU Extension Swine Veterinarian) in 'MSU Pork Quarterly'.