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PRRS Control Efforts Suffer Setbacks 

Attempts to clean up porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) in the United States encountered some new breaks in 2006. A year ago, the Carthage...

Filters Are First Line Of Defense Against PRRS 

Carthage Veterinary Service Ltd. of Carthage, IL, believes adding HEPA air filters to boar studs screens out the virus that causes porcine reproductive...

PRRS Research Results Trickle In 

Almost $2 million has been spent by the National Pork Board in each of three years of funding the PRRS research initiative. The National Pork Board has...

AASV Receives Tool to Fight PRRS 

The American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV) has accepted ownership of the Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. (BIVI) PRRS risk assessment...

Circovirus Grips Industry 

Producers and veterinarians alike are struggling to find ways to manage a tiny, common swine virus, and understand why it is suddenly creating havoc in...

The New War on PRRS 

The American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV) assumes the leadership role in trying to wipe out this devastating pig virus. AASV President Scott...

Time to Start Talking about PRRS Eradication 

Veterinary panel agrees that any swine disease cleanup program must be producer-driven in order to achieve any measure of success. Three leading swine...

PRRS Virus Still Number One 

We continue to learn more about PRRS virus. While porcine circovirus-associated disease (PCVAD) steals some of the limelight at swine veterinary meetings...

PMWS: New Mystery Disease? 

Just as progress is being made on PRRS, another disease surfaces. The newest mystery disease is PMWS, or postweaning multi-systemic wasting syndrome....

PMWS Cases Rebound 

Cases of postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) are on the upswing after declining for several years. Throughout the early-to-mid '90s, the...

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