New Zealand: Supreme Court blocks imports of consumer-ready cuts of raw pork
The Supreme Court has issued an order blocking imports of consumer-ready cuts of raw pork until it hears an appeal from the Pork Industry Board.
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Clinical case: PRRSV and PCV2 interaction in a farm
One month after the beginning of the outbreak of reproductive failure in sows, acute respiratory disorder and diarrhoea that was non-responsive to antibiotics started in weaned pigs aged 6-8 weeks...
India: PRRS affects pigs in Mizoram
Samples of dead and sick pigs were sent to the ICAR Research Complex where it was found that some of the pigs were infected with PRRS.
More articles on PRRS
We resume the section on PRRS (a disease that entails costs of 664 million dollars per year) with new authors and subjects, or updating subjects that we have already dealt with.
The cost of PRRS to pork producers
The total cost of productivity losses to US producers is estimated at US$664 million annually but productivity losses are shifting from the growing pig herd to the sow herd.
Impact of genetic variation and geographic distribution of PRRSV on infectivity and pig growth
The PRRSV genetic variability which is determined by a local and temporal evolution at the farm level could be considered in a perspective of prevention.
Characterization of homologous and heterologous adaptive immune responses in porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus infection
The present study characterized the homologous and heterologous immune response in type-I porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) infection.
Pleurisy: economic impact and strategies for management in swine farms
The prevalence of pleurisy is surprisingly high among pigs at slaughter. A recent review of available data ranged from 12.5% in the UK, 26% in Spain, to 41% of individual pigs slaughtered in one Norwegian study.
Ireland: PRRS outbreak
The country’s largest producer of pig semen is investigating how blue ear disease has entered its boar stud.
New Zealand MPI welcomes judgment on pork imports
Court of Appeal judgment found that MPI followed the correct decision-making process before allowing imports of raw pork from countries where PRRS is present.
Emergency vaccination alleviates highly pathogenic porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus infection after contact exposure
These results indicated that emergency vaccination could effectively alleviate HPPRRSV infection during experimental contact exposure.
Profitability study on air filtration systems for PRRSV
This study demonstrates the added profitability that air filtration can give to sow farms located in highly dense swine regions. However, it is important to point out that these figures are long term averages and not necessarily predictors for individual herds.
PRRSV control strategies in Germany
More than half of the pig population is housed in only one region with a very high pig density and it is very likely that elimination would only be possible with the help of a mandatory national program supported by the EU.
United States: Wisconsin to require PRRS certificate
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection announced that effective March 1, swine entering Wisconsin must be accompanied by an import permit.
Mannan oligosaccharide modulates the immune responses in weanling pigs
Feeding mannan oligosaccharide may activate immunity against PRRSV.
Poor weaning transition ADG in is not correlated with pathological or immunological markers of enteric disease during a PRRSV outbreak
Poor tADG in pigs is not correlated with pathogens or immunological markers of enteric disease during a PRRSV.