Economic analysis of outbreaks of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus in nine sow herds
The economic loss varied between €59 and €379 for one sow per 18-week period outbreak.
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New Zealand: Court upholds decision to issue pork import health standards
MPI welcomed a judgement by the High Court validating the decision-making process MPI followed when developing import requirements for pork from countries where the disease PRRS is present.
Pfizer Animal Health new generation/technology PRRS vaccine is now registered in Canada
Registered for use in young pigs, Fostera PRRS helps growing pigs defend against a PRRSV challenge, allowing them to increase their post challenge weight gain compared to non-vaccinates groups.
Vietnam: new outbreaks of PRRS continued to be discovered in northern localities
The disease has infected five provinces in the north: Bac Giang, Nam Dinh, Phu Tho, Dien Bien and Yen Bai.
France: Brittany sets up a health plan for the importation of pigs
The health-minded body Porc Bretagne OVS has decided to launch a device for protecting the health status of the region.
Evidence for a major QTL associated with host response to PRRSv
Host response to experimental PRRS virus challenge has a strong genetic component and a QTL on chromosome 4.
A new vaccine alternative helps advance the fight against PRRS
Fostera™ PRRS*, a modified-live vaccine for growing pigs from Pfizer Animal Health, brings a new high standard of innovation to the costly battle against porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) respiratory disease.
Estimation of time-dependent infectiousness of pigs infected by the PRRSV
The evolution of infectiousness was mainly correlated with the course of viral genome load in blood.
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NewsPeru reported for the first time the presence of PRRS
In a population of 14.783 animals of different age groups, only 11 reacted positively to the ELISA test.
Seroprevalence evolution of selected pathogens in wild boar
A total of 1279 Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa) sera were collected from 2000 to 2011 to reveal time changes in serum antibody prevalences against selected infectious agents (PCV2, PRRSV, HEV and Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae.
Clinical case: A PRRS Case
This case starts with abortions that occur dramatically in April. They begin on Saturday the 23rd and during the following week continue until reaching 34 abortions.
A four-year summary of air filtration system efficacy for preventing airborne spread of PRRS and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae
All filter types equally reduced the risk of airborne transmission of both pathogens, compared to non-filtered controls, supporting further application in the field.
Disease drives Vietnam's meat imports up 30%
Meat imports into Vietnam jumped 30% to 107,000 tonnes in 2011, reflecting that blue ear disease (PRRS) and cross border trade of live pigs during the year resulted in a sharp drop in the country's meat supplies.
Canada: Government helps keep pork industry healthy
The investment of $294,500 under the CAAP will provide tools, coordination and funds to initiate small-scale projects for controlling and eradicating PRRS.
Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus: area regional control and elimination, the next level
The objectives of this abstract are to present the methodology followed in PRRS area regional control and elimination (ARCE) projects in the United States and to report the advancement of these projects.