This document provides an overview of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDV) including its characteristics, introduction and spread in the US, impacts, and methods of control. Key points include: - PEDV is a coronavirus that causes severe diarrhea in pigs. It was likely introduced to the US from China and spread rapidly due to contaminated livestock trailers. - PEDV infection leads to destruction of intestinal villi and malabsorption, causing watery diarrhea and dehydration. This can result in 100% mortality in young piglets on sow farms. - Control methods include feedback of infected animals to expose herds, thorough sanitation, maintaining cleanliness even after recovery, and preventing

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Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus
(PEDV) – history, impacts, control
PaulThomas, DVM, MS
AMVC Management Services
ISU Swine Medicine Education Center

2. Presentation Overview
• PEDV characteristics
• Introduction and spread in the US
• Impacts of PEDV
• Controlling PEDV

3. PEDV characteristics
• PEDV is a coronavirus
– Related to TGE virus in pigs
– Enveloped virus
– Prominent spike proteins
• Survives best in cool, moist environments
• Affects pigs of all ages
– Disease is more severe in young pigs
• Infection occurs via fecal-oral route

4. PEDV replication and lesions
• PEDV infects enterocytes of small intestine and
cecum
– Intracellular viral replication destroys enterocytes
– Results in severe “villous blunting”
– Intestines appear thin-walled, grossly
• Loss of enterocytes destroys the absorptive
capabilities of the small and large intestine.

5. PEDV – gross lesions
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Small intestine is
thin-walled

6. PEDV’s effect on pigs
• Loss of absorptive capabilities of the intestine
leads to:
1. Pig is unable to extract energy and nutrients
from its feed or milk
2. Pig develops a severe, watery diarrhea
• Malabsorptive, and osmotic
• This occurs in all ages of pigs

9. PEDV is not a new or emerging
disease
• Europe
• Asia / China
• USA / North and
South America

10. Likely came from China
• Most closely related to virus isolate in Anhui
Province in China
• Has some genetic features that are same as a
coronavirus found in bats
– Suggests virus strain that is now in U.S. may have
originated from bats and crossed species
Source: Huang YW, Dickerman AW, Piñeyro P, Li L, Fang L, Kiehne R, Opriessnig T,
Meng XJ. 2013. Origin, evolution, and genotyping of emergent porcine epidemic
diarrhea virus strains in the United States. mBio 4(5):00737-13.
doi:10.1128/mBio.00737-13.

11. And again!
• Second introduction from China
• Prior to January, 2014 all PEDV
sequences (S1 region of the
virus) were within 99-100%
similar
In late January, 2014
5 viruses were sequenced that were very
different
– Only 93.9-94.6% similar to the
previous viruses
– Closely matched a virus in the
international database that was found
in China
PEDV dendogram based on entire PEDV genome

12. PEDV – USA
How did it get in?
• It is unknown how it entered the United States
– Feed?
– Supplies?
– People?
• Short timeframe of diagnosis in multiple
unrelated sow farms across the US suggests it
may have been here awhile before it was
diagnosed
– Perhaps was circulating in some finishing barns (Ohio
case)

13. PEDV – USA
How did it spread quickly?
• Rapid spread of PEDV throughout US is likely due
(in part) to contaminated livestock trailers
– Terminal markets: for every contaminated trailer
arriving at a plant, ~2 will leave the plant
contaminated (Lowe et al., 2014)
• Shortage of livestock trailers, drivers, and
sanitation facilities results in little to no
decontamination procedures between loads of
market hogs
Finishing barn  contaminated markets  Finishing barn

14. PEDv Diagnostic Tools available
through Iowa State University VDL
1. Real-Time PCR – to detect presence of virus in feces or oral fluids
(specifically viral RNA)
2. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) – to detect virus associated with
lesions in small intestines
3. Indirect Fluorescent Antibody and ELISA (Serology) – to detect
antibodies in blood
4. Electron microscopy (EM) – to detect virus (was used to determine
PEDV was in U.S., not routinely done
5. Virus Isolation (VI) – to detect virus (for research)
6. Sequencing – to determine genetic “signature” of the virus (primarily
for research at present)
Source: Dr. Rodger Main, Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostic Lab

15. PEDV in Sow Farms
• Sows get infected and expose piglets to large
amounts of virus
• Sows are naïve to PEDV, so there is no
protection through milk
• Effect of the virus is the same, but piglets get
dehydrated and weak extremely fast and die
– Body size is too small to keep up with diarrhea
– Milk diet may exacerbate the osmotic diarrhea

16. PEDV in Sow Farms
PEDV is devastating to sow farms
• Piglet mortality is 100% for 3-5 weeks minimum
• Expect increased mortality and decreased quality of
pigs for at least 2 more weeks
Farm A
Farm A

17. PEDV in finishing pigs
• In finishing barns, PEDV will cause severe
diarrhea within the whole group
• Diarrhea is self-limiting
– Pigs will recover if supported during this time
– Easy, regular access to water
– Gruel / mat feed, get pigs up several times per day
– Provide plenty supplemental heat
– +/- Antibiotic therapy to control bacterial enteritis

18. PEDV in Wean-Finish
• Mortality is usually very low (1-3% in youngest
pigs)
• During the time of infection, pigs will not grow
and will likely lose weight
– Pigs will not make this growth up later
• Group will be delayed 2 – 3 weeks
• Pigs are shedding a HUGE amount of virus
during this time – risk to other farms!

19. Controlling PEDV
These numbers assume rapid and successful
control of an outbreak
• Proper steps must be taken in order to achieve
this
– Clean up environment / decrease amount of PEDV
in farm
– Get protection to piglets through the sows’ milk

20. Breakdown in biosecurity
• Barn layout may make perfect biosecurity measures difficult
to implement
• Breakdown in communication to all barn employees can result
in uneven implementation of biosecurity measures
Farm B
Farm B

21. Feedback
• Once PEDV is diagnosed, immediate feedback
of the whole herd should occur
– Feedback material should be obtained from
acutely infected animals
– Exposing the whole herd will get all animals sick
and over the disease at the same time
– Expect lactogenic (milk) protection ~3 weeks after
feedback begins
• Piglets will continue become infected and die until then

22. Sanitation
• Entire sow farm should be cleaned and
disinfected
– Farrowing rooms should especially be sanitized
– Wash sows before entering farrowing
– Wash and disinfect hallways every time an animal
is moved
– Stop movements between litters
– Process piglets at 24 hours of age

23. Cleanliness
• Some animals will continue to shed virus for an
extended period even after they appear to be
completely recovered
– This means that after everything seems to be back to
normal, piglets look good, scouring has stopped, and
weaning numbers are back to normal --- PEDV is still
on the farm
• The minute you forget this and get lax with cleaning and
sanitation, PED will flare back up.
– To give sow and piglet immunity the best chance to be
successful, we must minimize their challenge from the
environment

24. Disease is a balance between
challenge and protection
• Dirty farrowing crates,
hallways, poor job
powerwashing
• Animals shedding virus
• Good exposure of all sows
• +/- PEDV vaccine
• Sows milking well

25. Cleanliness
• The best immunity from the sow won’t
protect piglets in a dirty environment

26. Prevention of PEDV Spread
• Excellent biosecurity is critical to preventing
PEDV from entering your sow farm
– It is easy to get complacent with biosecurity when
health on the farm is good.
• Excellent internal biosecurity is critical to
shutdown movement of the virus around the
farm after recovery

27. Prevention of PEDV
introduction
• Minimize unnecessary outside visitors
• Strict shower-in-shower-out at all times
• Strict adherence to required down times
• Cleaning and disinfecting of vehicles
• Require feed drivers to wear disposable boots
before stepping out onto your farm
• Wash and disinfectant boots when entering “risky
areas”
– isolation barn, dead removal area, boots used for
outdoor chores

28. Prevention of PEDV movement on
an infected farm
• Internal biosecurity
– Wash sows before loading farrowing
– Stop all piglet movements
– Change gloves between litters
– Disinfect equipment and eliminate unnecessary
equipment
– Separate farrowing and gestation employees
– Wash and disinfectant boots between gestation
and farrowing hallways

30. Prevention of PED outbreak
• All livestock trailers must be washed, disinfected
and baked between loads of animals.
– In the presence of feces, PEDV must be heated to
160F to inactivate the virus
– You should assume there is still feces in a cleaned
trailer
• When a trailer arrives at your farm, inspect it to
ensure it is being properly cleaned
– Empower employees to turn away improperly cleaned
trailers

31. What’s known about sanitation
properties
• When it comes to PEDV….. Not much yet.
• We can look at other viruses that are similar to
PEDV to draw some conclusions
• Proper disinfection is critical to successful
inactivation in trailers and barns
– Disinfectant choice
– Concentration
– Contact time
– Environment
• Proper heating parameters is important as well

32. Gluteraldehydes
• 5 minutes at 2% decreased TGEV infectivity
significantly (Hulkower et al., 2011).
– This is higher concentration than commonly used
– Increased contact time and concentration was required in
the presence of serum proteins (feces) (Rabenau et al., 2005b).
• 0.002% and 0.001% was ineffective against CCV even
after 3 days of contact time at 4°C (Pratelli, 2008).
– However, when temperature was increased to 25°C and
37°C both concentrations were very effective
– Additionally, Darnell et al. (2004) showed this could be
overcome by increasing gluteraldehyde concentration

33. Quaternary Ammoniums
• 5 minutes of contact of two different products, one at
0.24% and the other at 0.12% concentration were both
effective at reducing infectivity titers of TGEV by 4.5 log10
(Brown, 1981).
• Again, the presence of serum proteins appeared to
decrease disinfectant efficacy, with 0.1125% - 0.2%
concentrations becoming ineffective at contact times of
10 minutes against HCoV-OC43 (Wood and Payne, 1997).
– These are the concentrations we are using today!
– At higher concentrations (0.5% or ~1:50 dilution) and longer
times (30-60 minutes), inactivation of SARS-CoV in the presence
of serum proteins was effective

34. Effect of Temperature
• TGEV required 50-60 minutes at 54°C to be
inactivated, multiple hours at temperatures
below 50°C, and weeks at 5°C (Laude et al., 1981; Haas et al., 1995)
• Similar results were observed for CCV, but
inactivation required only 15 minutes when
temperature was increased to 60°C, 5 minutes at
65°C, and was even more effective at 75°C (Pratelli, 2008;
Saknimit et al., 1988)
– Similar results were observed for HCoV-229E, HCoV-
OC43, MERS-CoV, and SARS-CoV (Leclerq et al., 2014; Sizun and Talbot, 2000; Rabenau et al., 2005a)

35. Effect of Temperature
• At cool temperatures coronaviruses are stable
for days to weeks (Haas et al., 1995; Sizun and Talbot, 2000)
• The effect of heat on virus inactivation was
enhanced at alkaline pH
• The effect of heat on virus inactivation was
reduced in the presence of serum proteins (Rabenau
et al., 2005a).
– This was also true of disinfectants

36. Guidelines for Facility
Sanitation
What’s already known regarding other
Coronaviruses:
• Disinfection, heat, and pH control may all be effective
means for inactivating PEDV in livestock trailers
– RH is not a viable method as too much time is required
– Disinfectant use should focus on correct concentrations applied
at correct temperature
– Heat inactivation should focus on attaining as high of
temperatures as possible >65°C (150°F)
• The removal of environmental protein (feces) is critical to
increasing the effectiveness of either heat or
disinfectants

37. Properties of PEDV inactivation
• Summary of four studies evaluating trailer
decontamination measures with and without washing
for ability to inactivate or eliminate PEDV.
– Not everyone can wash all livestock trailers
– Washing does not remove 100% of organic material
• Started with PEDV-positive feces
• Evaluated the treatments in conditions similar to a
trailer environment
• Recollected the feces
• Evaluated infectivity via pig bioassay
– PCR+ does not indicate infectious virus is present

38. Study 1: Evaluation of Time &
Temperature
• Object was to evaluate a range of time and
temperature combinations that might represent
Thermo-Assisted Drying and Decontamination
(TADD) systems or no use of TADD
– 71°C (160°F), 10 minutes
– 63°C (145°F), 10 minutes
– 54°C (130°F), 10 minutes
– 38°C (100°F), 12 hours
– 20°C (68°F), 24 hours
– 20°C (68°F), 7 days

39. Study 2: Evaluation of Stalosan® F
disinfectant powder
• Object was to evaluate a commercially-available,
environmentally-applied disinfectant that is efficacious in
the presence of feces and at freezing temperatures
– Product is a fine, red powder
– Applied to animal environments
– Causes lysis of cell membranes
• Evaluated efficacy of Stalosan® F Disinfectant
after 1 hour of contact time
• Three groups
– Negative Control (n=8)
– Positive control (n=8)
– Stalosan® F treatment group (n=8)

40. Study 3: Evaluation of Accel®
liquid foaming disinfectant
• Object was to evaluate the efficacy of a commercially-
available disinfectant in the presence of fecal material.
• Accel® (accelerated hydrogen peroxide) is supposed to
have longer residual activity due to enhanced contact.
• Four treatment groups:
– Light feces (5mL) @ 1:32 concentration for 30m
– Heavy feces (10mL) @ 1:32 concentration for 30m
– Light feces (5mL) @ 1:16 concentration for 30m
– Heavy feces (10mL) @ 1:16 concentration for 30m
– Transmission Control group

41. Study 4: Evaluation of various combinations
of TADD following a wash and Synergize®
• Object was to evaluate the efficacy of various
TADD configurations following a wash and
disinfection with Synergize® disinfectant @ 1:256.
– Wash, 10m Synergize®, 68°C (154°F) for 10m
– Wash, 10m Synergize®, 66°C (151°F) for 10m
– Wash, 10m Synergize®, 60°C (140°F) for 20m
– Wash, 10m Synergize®, 49°C (120°F) for 20m
– Wash, 10m Synergize®, 20°C (68°F) for 12h
– Wash, 60m Synergize®
– Wash, 10m Synergize®

42. Source of virus and feces
• PEDV-positive feces was obtained from 3-week old pigs
that were experimentally infected with PEDV
– Feces from multiple pigs was collected and pooled
– Pooled feces was analyzed via PCR to ensure presence of
virus
– Frozen at -70C until time of challenge
– Feces was retested following thawing on day of challenge
• PEDV-negative feces was obtained from the negative
control pigs from this same study
– Negative feces was handled, stored, and evaluated for
virus similarly

43. Tray Preparation
• Four (4) trays per
treatment group
– Each tray was the
experimental unit
– Eight (8) trays per group in
Study 2
• 5 or 10 mL of feces was
placed on each tray
depending upon the
study / treatment group

44. Tray Preparation
• Feces was spread in a
thin layer to represent
a trailer floor that had
been scraped or swept,
but not washed
• A sample of the feces
on the tray was taken
for PEDV PCR prior to
experimental treatment

45. Timed Thermal Application
• Timed thermal
application for the
high temperature
groups was
performed using an
incubator capable
of reaching and
holding
temperatures of
75°C

46. Room temperature treatment
groups
• Replicates from the low temperature groups were placed in
an insulated cooler indoors.

47. Collection of Treated Feces
• Feces was re-
suspended with
10 mL of sterile
saline and drawn
up for inoculation
of the swine
bioassays
• A second sample
of the feces was
collected following
re-suspension and
tested via PEDV
PCR

48. Swine Bioassay
• A 14 Fr rubber
catheter was used
to pass the
challenge material
directly into each
pig’s stomach
• Each pig
corresponded to an
individual tray

49. Individual Housing
1 tub per room, 1 treatment group per tub.

50. Transmission Control Group
Three negative pigs, one positive pig

51. Clean Sample Collection
• Pigs were
monitored daily for
signs of PEDV
infection
• Rectal swabs were
collected on day 3
and day 7 post-
challenge to
determine bioassay
status

52. Results of tray swabs – Time &
Temperature
Table 1: PCR results for swabs of trays before and after treatment was applied in Study 1.
Treatment Group Pre-Treatment RT-PCR: mean CT (± SD) Post-Treatment RT-PCR: mean CT (± SD)
Negative Control >40 N/A
Positive Control 15.22 (0.73) N/A
71C-10M 13.40 (0.30) 24.10 (0.76)
63C-10M 13.16 (0.48) 21.56 (0.71)
54C-10M 13.41 (0.32) 20.83 (0.53)
38C-12H 13.28 (1.21) 20.19 (0.09)
20C-24H 14.45 (0.57) 15.07 (0.18)
20C-7D 12.94 (0.55) 17.71 (0.41)

53. Bioassay Results – Time &
Temperature
Table 2. Description of treatment groups and bioassay outcomes for Study 1.
Treatment Group Temperature & Time applied Percentage of PEDV positives (out of 4)
Negative Control No heat, no time 0% (0/4) a
Positive Control No heat, no time 100% (4/4) b
71C-10M 71°C (160°F), 10 minutes 0% (0/4) a
63C-10M 63°C (145°F), 10 minutes 25% (1/4) a, b
54C-10M 54°C (130°F), 10 minutes 25% (1/4) a, b
38C-12H 38°C (100°F), 12 hours 50% (2/4) a, b
20C-24H 20°C (68°F), 24 hours 25% (1/4) a, b
20C-7D 20°C (68°F), 7 days 0% (0/4) a
Groups with different superscripts indicate statistically significant differences (P ≤0.05)

54. Results - Stalosan® F treatment
Table 3. PCR results for swabs of trays before and after treatment was applied in Study 2.
Treatment Group Pre-Treatment RT-PCR: mean CT (± SD) Post-Treatment RT-PCR: mean CT (± SD)
Negative Control >40 N/A
Positive Control 14.4 (0.67) 15.35 (0.73)
Stalosan® F Treatment 15.2 (0.42) 18.4 (1.51)
Table 4. Description of treatment groups and bioassay outcomes for Study 2.
Treatment Group Description of Treatment Percentage of PEDV positives (out of 8)
Negative Control No Stalosan® F contact 0% (0/8) a
Positive Control No Stalosan® F contact 100% (8/8) b
Stalosan® F Treatment One hour of Stalosan® F contact time 100% (8/8) b
Groups with different superscripts indicate statistically significant differences (P ≤0.05)

55. Results of tray swabs – Accel®
disinfectant
Table 5: PCR results for swabs of trays before and after treatment was applied in Study 3.
Treatment Group Pre-Treatment RT-PCR: mean CT (± SD) Post-Treatment RT-PCR: mean CT (± SD)
Negative Control >35 N/A
Positive Control 14.15 (0.41) N/A
5mL-1:16 13.43 (0.57) >35
10mL-1:16 13.83 (0.46) >35
5mL-1:32 14.30 (0.22) >35, (one tray @ 32.2)
10mL-1:32 13.83 (0.27) >35, (one tray @ 34.3)
Transmission Control >35 (3 negative animals), 14.4 NA

56. Table 6. Description of treatment groups and bioassay outcomes for Study 3.
Treatment group Description of treatment Percentage of PEDV positives (out of 4)
Negative Control No treatment, pigs received a gavage of PEDV-negative feces 0% (0/3) a
Positive Control No treatment, pigs received a gavage of PEDV-positive feces 100% (4/4) b
5mL-1:16
A 1:16 concentration of Accel® disinfectant was applied to 5 ml of PEDV-
positive feces for 30 minutes
0% (0/4) a
10mL-1:16
A 1:16 concentration of Accel® disinfectant was applied to 10 ml of PEDV-
positive feces for 30 minutes
0% (0/4) a
5mL-1:32
A 1:32 concentration of Accel® disinfectant was applied to 5 ml of PEDV-
positive feces for 30 minutes
0% (0/4) a
10mL-1:32
A 1:32 concentration of Accel® disinfectant was applied to 10 ml of PEDV-
positive feces for 30 minutes
0% (0/4) a
Transmission Control
1/4 pigs in the group was gavaged with PEDV-positive feces, 3/4 were
gavaged with PEDV-negative feces
25% (1/4)
Groups with different superscripts indicate statistically significant differences (P ≤0.05). Results from the transmission control group were
not included in statistical analysis.
Bioassay Results – Accel®
disinfectant

57. Results of tray swabs – Wash,
Synergize®, & TADD
PCR results for swabs of trays before and after treatment was applied in Study 4.
Treatment Group Pre-Treatment RT-PCR: mean CT (± SD) Post-Treatment RT-PCR: mean CT (± SD)
Negative Control >35 N/A
Positive Control 20.93 (0.35) N/A
WD-68C-10 21.85 (0.19) 34.43 (0.32), >35*
WD-66C-10 21.08 (0.69) 33.6 (1.41), >35*
WD-60C-20 21.33 (0.50) 32.83 (0.45), >35*
WD-49C-20 21.55 (0.40) 33.93 (0.81), >35*
WD-20C-12 28.48 (0.74) >35
WD60 20.68 (0.39) 31.65 (2.83)
WD10 20.43 (0.25 31.6 (0.67)
* One or more trays in this group had a CT >35, these trays were not included in calculation of the mean CT value.

58. Table 8. Description of treatment groups and bioassay outcomes for study 4.
Treatment group Description of treatment Percentage of PEDV positives (out of 4)
Negative Control No treatment, pigs received a gavage of PEDV-negative feces 0% (0/4) a
Positive Control No treatment, pigs received a gavage of PEDV-positive feces 100% (4/4) b
WD-68C-10
PEDV-positive feces power washed with detergent, application of 1:256 concentration of
Synergize® disinfectant for 10 minutes, heated to 68° C (155° F) in an incubator and held at this
temperature for 10 minutes
0% (0/4) a
WD-66C-10
PEDV-positive feces power washed with detergent, application of 1:256 concentration of
Synergize® disinfectant for 10 minutes, heated to 66° C (150° F) in an incubator and held at this
temperature for 10 minutes
0% (0/4) a
WD-60C-20
PEDV-positive feces power washed with detergent, application of 1:256 concentration of
Synergize® disinfectant for 10 minutes, heated to 60° C (140° F) in an incubator and held at this
temperature for 20 minutes
0% (0/4) a
WD-49C-20
PEDV-positive feces power washed with detergent, application of 1:256 concentration of
Synergize® disinfectant for 10 minutes, heated to 49° C (120° F) in an incubator and held at this
temperature for 20 minutes
0% (0/4) a
WD-20C-12
PEDV-positive feces power washed with detergent, application of 1:256 concentration of
Synergize® disinfectant for 10 minutes, left at 20° C (room temperature) for 12 hours
0% (0/4) a
WD60
PEDV-positive feces power washed with detergent, application of 1:256 concentration of
Synergize® disinfectant for 60 minutes
0% (0/4) a
WD10
PEDV-positive feces power washed with detergent, application of 1:256 concentration of
Synergize® disinfectant for 10 minutes
0% (0/4) a
Groups with different superscripts indicate statistically significant differences (P ≤0.05)
Bioassay Results – Wash,
Synergize®, & TADD

59. Conclusions
• Only two combinations from Study 1 were
100% successful:
– 71° C (160° F) for 10 minutes
• Increase TADD temps to 160° F for 10 minutes to
inactivate PEDV
– 20°C (68° F) (room temperature) for 1 week
• This is not practical for many farms or transporters
• These samples dried out completely
• Humidity / moisture would likely play a role in survival

60. Conclusions
• Stalosan® F is ineffective at inactivating PEDV
from contaminated hog trailers
• Accel® (accelerated hydrogen peroxide) appears
to effective at inactivating PEDV in presence of
feces
– This may have applications in situations where
washing isn’t possible or practical
– Further study demonstrated that Accel was effective
at cold temperatures if you add 10% propylene glycol
to prevent freezing

61. Conclusions
• A wider range of TADD configurations were found
to be effective following wash and disinfection
with Synergize®
– 20°C for 12h to 68°C for 10m
– Synergize® and wash alone were also effective
– Underscores the importance and utility of wash and
disinfection steps in trailer sanitation
– DOES NOT MEAN HEAT STEP SHOULD BE SKIPPED
• Environmental swabs could not differentiate
infectious from non-infectious PEDV
– Implications for environmental sampling

62. Final Conclusions
• A number of temperature and time combinations are
effective at inactivating coronaviruses
• Disinfectants commonly used in swine production and
the concentrations they are used at are also effective
• However, the effectiveness of both of these can be
reduced by factors common to livestock trailers
– The presence of in feces
– Reduced temperatures
• These points are summarized in review and supported
by original research findings

63. Final Conclusions
• An effective livestock trailer decontamination process
should capitalize on these positive properties and seek
to minimize the effects of the negative properties
• A sound decontamination process will:
1. Remove all organic material first via high pressure
washing
2. Utilize an appropriate concentration (label) of
disinfectant for at least 10 minutes in a warm
environment (disinfectants don’t work well when cold)
3. Following disinfection, trailers should be heated to 71°C
for 10 minutes – this will inactivate any virus missed
through washing and disinfection

64. Final Conclusions
• These recommendations are consistent with
today’s best-practices trailer decontamination
practices for PRRSV and other pathogens
– This means they can be immediately implemented
by transporters and pork producers
– Temperatures should be increased
• Consider the increased risk due to PEDV-laden
feces, and decreased infectious dose of PEDV.

65. Acknowledgments
National Pork Board
Preserve International
PIC
Iowa Select Farms
AMVC Management Services
SMEC staff and students