Current Status of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED) in European Pigs

Antas, Marta; Wozniakowski, Grzegorz

Direct transmission by the faecal-oral route may also occur through ingestion of virus-contaminated vomit. Indirect transmission occurs through contaminated feed trucks, service vehicles, vehicles used for the movement of pigs, and people (pig owners and farm visitors). Until the introduction of PEDV to the USA, feed for animals was not considered to be a vector in the spread of the virus. Recent studies have shown, however, that feed can be a potential vector for PEDV transmission and contaminated feed can be a source of disease (27) . It is widely acknowledged that the most important risk factors for spreading the disease are contaminated vehicles (5, 28) .