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While PEDV inhibitors offer a promising alternative to compensate for vaccine evasion caused by viral mutations, their development is bottlenecked by poorly defined antiviral targets and limited compound libraries. Here, we developed a transfer learning framework to accelerate the discovery of anti-PEDV agents by leveraging data from human-associated coronaviruses. Transfer learning-based prediction identified Hemin as a promising PEDV inhibitor, while its analog TPPS4 exhibited potent antiviral activity with EC\n                      <jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub>\n                      values of 0.85 and 2.86 \u03bcM in Vero and LLC-PK1 cells, respectively. Notably,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">in vivo<\/jats:italic>\n                      oral TPPS4 treatment lowered intestinal PEDV loads and doubled the piglet survival rate. 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