id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-252121-s1zxu5vo Lowe, James Role of Transportation in Spread of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus Infection, United States 2014-05-17 .txt text/plain 1500 69 50 After porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) was detected in the United States in 2013, we tested environmental samples from trailers in which pigs had been transported. After porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) was detected in the United States in 2013, we tested environmental samples from trailers in which pigs had been transported. The objective of this study was to assess the risks that harvest facilities and transport vehicles engendered in promoting the initial outbreak of a novel disease organism by estimating the incidence of trailer contamination with PEDV during the unloading process at harvest facilities. This study suggests that collection points, such as harvest facilities and livestock auction markets, can be an efficient source of contamination of transport vehicles that return to pig farms and likely played a role in rapidly disseminating PEDV across vast geographic regions shortly after PEDV was first identified in the United States. ./cache/cord-252121-s1zxu5vo.txt ./txt/cord-252121-s1zxu5vo.txt