The deadly pig disease PEDv (porcine epidemic diarrhea virus) is spreading faster than expected in Manitoba, Canada's biggest piglet-producing province.

The number of cases this spring, 10, matches the total from the past three years combined, although the outbreak is not comparable in scale to PEDv's spread across U.S. farms in 2013.

The Manitoba government confirmed on Thursday its most recent confirmed case of the virus, all occurring within about four weeks.

This was excerpted from the 2 June 2017 edition of Reuters Canada.