PEDv Update – December 10, 2014

December 10, 2014 — 

• Weekly new case report update:
  • USDA Veterinary Services is taking over SECD reporting responsibilities going forward. Unfortunately, they will not be able to provide the weekly report in time to meet our Wednesday deadline. The weekly New Case Report will be posted on the AASV web site as soon as we receive it, hopefully by noon on Friday.
  • You will notice a change in the format of the report this week. The weekly report not only includes the weekly accession information you are used to seeing but also additional data derived from the premises information collected as a result of the June 5, 2014 Federal Order. The accession information, as always, reports the number of positive cases tested at the veterinary diagnostic labs that week. The premises data, however, reports the number of positive and presumptive positive cases entered into the USDA's Emergency Management Response Services (EMRS) database during that week. Therefore, the data contained in the accession and premises charts may not represent samples submitted to the diagnostic labs on the same week. Also, this report will only contain data collected since June 5th. USDA maintains all historic data on their SECD website at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal-health/secd
• REMINDER: Effective December 15, 2014, USDA will no longer reimburse for SECD testing submitted without a Premises Identification Number (PIN). https://www.aasv.org/news/story.php?id=7653