Mr. Chairman, if I may.
First and foremost, one of the things we were given was an exemption from the health of animals regulations for an interim period so that we could evaluate the washing of the trucks in the U.S. Is it ineffective or perpetuating the disease? The science tells us this virus is very fragile. If exposed to 60°C, it will lose its ability to be infectious.
Washing the truck with warm or hot water and using a disinfectant would absolutely make sure there is very little if any virus. There is never going to be zero risk, Mr. Chair, but we would substantially reduce the amount of any contamination there.
That protocol was instituted as an exemption. We re-evaluated it, shared the science, and in October 2015 we said that we would slowly be taking it to the point where we could enforce it in six months' time. In May 2016, we completely eliminated it.
If you look at the current enrolment, I don't think anything stood out. We're still doing some EPI or epidemiological analysis on whether there is any connection between the transport truck wash and the disease appearing in Manitoba.
Until now, that has been the case.