Occurrence: Europe, China, Taiwan

Age affected: All ages

Effects: Diarrhoea, retarded growth, vomiting, death.

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Detailed causes

Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED) is caused by a corona virus distinct from that of Transmissible Gastroenteritis (TGE). The virus appears similar in the ...

Since the nineties, porcine epidemic diarrhoea has manifested itself as a economically important enteric disease in Asia, where typical outbreaks with neonatal mortality are still mainly as watery diarrhoea at breeding units.