Lessons learnt from a porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) case in France in 2014: Descriptive epidemiology and control measures implemented.

•In this article, we reported:•The first case of a PED outbreak in December 2014 in the North of France.•The monitoring of the excretion and the control measure implementation.•The conclusion of that work was:•The isolated strain in France was closed to the “S-InDel” German PEDV strain isolated in May 2014.•Using strict biosecurity measures, direct shipment of infected fatteners to the slaughterhouse, strict decontamination protocols avoided the spread to other herds.