US Pig Farm Samples Positive for Porcine Delta Corona Virus: 367
US - Porcine Delta Corona virus (PDCoV) has been detected in eight more positive samples in the most recent week, bringing the total number of positive samples so far to 367 from pig farms in 16 states.
13 August 2014
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By: For the latest weekly report - for the week of 27 July in a report dated 8 August from the USDA Animal Health Inspection Service and made available by the American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV) - eight pig farms (termed "swine accessions") have tested positive for the PDCoV, bringing the cumulative total to 367.
The National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN) began collating testing data on PDCoV for the week of 30 March 2014. So far, 4,162 accessions have been tested, 305 in the most recent week reported, so the overall percentage found positive is 8.8 per cent.
The total number of states affected remains at 16 (Table 1 and Figure 1).
| Table 1. PDCoV summary by state | ||||||||||||||||||
| Testing week | Total positive accessions | CA | IA | IL | IN | KS | MI | MN | MO | MT | NC | NE | OH | OK | PA | SD | TX | Un- known |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-Mar | 25 | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | 4 | 6 | - | 1 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6-Apr | 32 | - | 4 | 2 | 7 | - | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13-Apr | 29 | - | 5 | 8 | 4 | - | 1 | 7 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 20-Apr | 28 | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 10 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - |
| 27-Apr | 33 | - | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 4-May | 41 | - | 3 | 10 | 5 | - | 2 | 6 | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 11-May | 23 | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 |
| 18-May | 19 | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | 1 |
| 25-May | 15 | - | - | 5 | 2 | - | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 1-Jun | 22 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | 6 | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 |
| 8-Jun | 20 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | - | 1 |
| 15-Jun | 17 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 22-Jun | 15 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 |
| 29-Jun | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 6-Jul | 17 | - | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 13-Jul | 13 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 20-Jul | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 27-Jul | 8 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Total | 367 | 2 | 40 | 52 | 42 | 4 | 14 | 87 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 54 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 10 |
| *A single accession may include samples tested over more than one week; total accessions are calculated as the distinct number of accessions tested rather than the sum of accessions tested by week. | ||||||||||||||||||
PDCoV was previously known as Swine Delta Corona virus (SDCv). It is related and causes similar effects to the virus that causes Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED).
Critical notes about these data are provided at the end of the original report from AASV.
