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How to manage PRRS-negative pigs
Hog HealthHow to manage PRRS-negative pigsHow to manage PRRS-negative pigs
PRRS was first diagnosed in the United States in 1987. Despite many and varied efforts to control the virus, it seems to grow worse every year, Tim Loula, DVM, expressed his lament in a talk at the American Association of Swine Veterinarians annual meeting in March in Phoenix, Ariz. PRRS strains continue to grow in number, severity and transmissibility; the virus has evolved into an “aerosol transmission pathogen”
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