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Table 2 Summary of feed ingredients which contained viable PEDV as detected by virus isolation

From: An evaluation of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus survival in individual feed ingredients in the presence or absence of a liquid antimicrobial

Ingredient

Mean

Mean

Mean

Mean

Ct/FFU titer

Ct/FFU titer

Ct/FFU titer

Ct/FFU titer

Day1 PI

Day 7 PI

Day 14 PI

Day 30 PI

SBM

16.24/225,000

16.51/170,000

17.48/10,000

15.72/15,360

DDGS

23.17/17,500

23.29/9600

21.71/80

18.65/40

RBCs

19.70/160,000

21.18/25,000

21.61/3540

19.53/500

Meat & bone meal

17.44/25,325

18.95/25,600

19.76/1920

16.04/1320

Choice white grease

18.46/700

19.66/140

24.60/negative

22.60/negative

Lysine HCL

18.08/40

19.42/40

20.09/40

15.83/40

D/L Methionine

21.60/20,000

21.16/12,800

21.44/350

18.06/240

Threonine

29.31/40

28.27/40

27.98/40

23.55/negative

Limestone

27.49/40

27.06/40

27.37/negative

23.17/negative

(+) Control complete feed

22.87/750

20.81/500

18.40/640

18.75/150

(−) Control complete feed

>38/negative

>38/negative

>38/negative

>38/negative

Virus stock

16.34/200,000

17.35/200,000

18.40/12,800

18.95/5120

  1. Ingredient: Two 30 g replicates per ingredient
  2. Mean Ct/FFU titer: Mean Ct value and FFU/mL across the 2 samples per ingredient