Hog virus infects U.S. swine population causing tighter supplies
By Nancy Allen
Consumers will soon pay more at the grocery store for bacon and other pork products due to a virus that has infected the U.S. swine population.
Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus - first detected in the U.S. about a year ago - has been diagnosed in local hogs. It causes diarrhea, vomiting and dehydration and is almost 100 percent fatal to piglets younger than 7 days old. The virus also sickens older hogs, but their survival rate is high. [More]
Crappie fishing on Grand Lake is the best it has been in years, according to avid anglers.
"Already this spring the crappie and catfish tournaments are drawing in fishermen and women from all over the state," Lake Restoration Commission Manager Milt Miller said this week.
