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February 11, 2014

CFIA PROBES LINK BETWEEN FEED AND DEADLY PIG VIRUS

February 11, 2014/ RuralLife.ca

Source: The Globe and Mail
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is exploring a possible link between pig feed and the deadly virus that has killed millions of piglets in the United States and spread to 11 farms in Ontario. Samples of pig food taken from some of the stricken farms in Southwestern Ontario tested positive for DNA of the virus on the weekend, prompting a recall from the manufacturer of the feed made with plasma from pig blood... (read more)