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Ontario Has 98th Confirmed PED Diagnosis

The Ontario pork sector is inching closer to 100 confirmed cases of PED.

Ontario Pork confirms the province's 98th case was confirmed late last week on a finisher farm in Waterloo Region.

That's the second confirmed case this month - the thirteenth this year.

The first case of PED was confirmed in Ontario in January of 2014.

While fatal for young piglets, PED is not considered a threat to human health or to food safety.

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