Insight: Pork industry hunts for deadly pig virus

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Insight: Pork industry hunts for deadly pig virus

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/insight-pork-industry-hunts-deadly-pig-virus-191059818.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/B0I9riGGo9ctFJL4s67zvQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-28T191059Z_1_CBRE94R1HAK00_RTROPTP_2_SWINE-VIRUS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A baby pig stands in a pen on a small farm outside of Calgary in this file photoo" align="left" title="A baby pig stands in a pen on a small farm outside of Calgary in this file photoo" border="0" /></a>By P.J. Huffstutter Chicago (Reuters) - The sudden and widespread appearance of a swine virus deadly to young pigs - one never before seen in North America - is raising questions about the bio-security shield designed to protect the U.S. food supply. The swine-only virus, the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDV), poses no danger to humans or other animals, and the meat from infected pigs is safe for people to eat. Though previously seen in parts of Asia and Europe, the virus now has spread into five leading hog-raising U.S. states. How it arrived in the United States remains a mystery. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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