Is the Flavivirus called Clasical Swine Fever Virus the real Zika culprit in Colombia?

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Are Pig diseases in Colombia causing human disease?

"In the last decade, there has been a serious increase in Colombia’s pig production. Its pig inventory almost doubled from 2.5 million in 2005 to 4.6 million in 2015. In the most pig dense province Antioquia the pig population almost quadrupled: from 465,000 in 2005 to 1.6 million in 2015."

http://www.pigprogress.net/Growing-Finishing/General/2016/2/Colombias-pig-industry-faces-disease-import-challenges-2750334W/

Classical Swine Fever Outbreaks Hit Colombia



http://www.thepigsite.com/swinenews/39133/classical-swine-fever-outbreaks-hit-colombia/

Or is this Pig Disease related to the Zika epidemic?

Animal health situation

The first outbreak of PEDv in Colombia took place in March 2014. Since then there has been a steady increase in the number of new cases. Between December 2014 and January 2015 there was unofficial information about a possible case of PEDv in the most pig-dense province of Colombia, Antioquia. Because of this the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) and Colombia’s Pig Producers Association (Asoporcicultores) started a monitoring system based on offering free diagnosis for suspicious cases of PEDv. Their measures included arranging quarantine and transport control for the detected positive cases of PEDv.

 http://www.pigprogress.net/Growing-Finishing/General/2016/2/Colombias-pig-industry-faces-disease-import-challenges-2750334W/

More than 5,000 pregnant women in Colombia have Zika virus: government

 http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/02/15/more-than-5000-pregnant-women-in-colombia-have-zika-virus-government.html

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