date:Apr 28, 2014
The veterinary authorities have reported 418 outbreaks of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED) to the World Organisation for Animal Health.
The veterinary authority sent an Immediate Notification dated 24 April to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
It describes 418 outbreaks of PED in 33 outbreak clusters. The first was in Okinawa, where there have been four outbreaks since 1 October 2013. The most recent outbreaks started on 21 April 2014.
On a scale of zero to five, morbidity is sc