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Pseudorabies Cleanup Enters Final Phase
This winter is the key to the future of the pseudorabies (PRV) program, says Paul Sundberg, DVM, National Pork Board assistant vice president for veterinary issues. If the pork industry can duplicate last winter's good fortune of dodging a major PRV outbreak, there's a good chance that eradication can at last be achieved, he says. The federal-state-industry PRV eradication program, which began Jan.
Pseudorabies (PRV) Discovered In Colorado Feral Swine | State Wildlife
Fourteen of 16 feral hogs seized by Colorado state wildlife and agriculture officials have been diagnosed with pseudorabies (PRV).
Pseudorabies Rule Changes
Two states have announced changes in their pseudorabies (PRV) control programs. The Iowa Department of Agriculture has filed an emergency rule changing the expiration date of the monitored status of a site from six months from the date of last official bleeding to 12 months for movement of swine. Testing requirements for the sale of swine have not changed. Mandatory vaccination of all swine on monitored
Pseudorabies Control Board Recesses
Pseudorabies Cases Pop Up
A few months back, Minnesota Assistant State Veterinarian Paul Anderson suggested it wouldn’t be surprising if the U.S. encounters a few cases of pseudorabies (PRV) in its bid to stay at zero and eradicate the disease. His words proved prophetic. Minnesota has managed to stay PRV-free after cleaning up its first case in about a year in April, he says. But new cases were reported in Pennsylvania and
Iowa Pseudorabies Rules on Hot Seat
The Iowa PRV eradication program was progressing well until a series of outbreaks struck the northern two-thirds of the state earlier this year.Iowa's tough new pseudorabies (PRV) rules will do more to remove small-to-medium-sized pork producers than it will to eradicate PRV, contends Paul Armbrecht, DVM, chairman of the Iowa PRV Advisory Committee.The movement restrictions on PRV-negative, weaned
Keeping Pseudorabies Out
In my home state of Illinois and many other states, PRV has been eradicated. The program's success has been accelerated the last 18 months by poor hog prices and a government indemnity program buying out many infected herds.Revisiting PRV Control To keep PRV out of your herd, we need to revisit the disease itself and the ways it can move from hog farm to hog farm.Many animals such as cattle, sheep,
USDA Authorizes Pseudorabies Buyout
In a move to help bolster hog prices and accelerate cleanup of the pseudorabies virus (PRV), USDA has announced a buyout program for the nation's remaining approximately 1,100 infected herds.The program could fuel exports of market hogs to Canada for processing, help ease the bottleneck at U.S. slaughter plants and boost hog prices, according to the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC).Details Of
Minnesota Granted New Pseudorabies Status
The state of Minnesota has been granted Stage IV status in the pseudorabies (PRV) eradication program, according to Paul Anderson, DVM, Minnesota Board of Animal Health. Stage IV is surveillance status. Minnesota has not had any PRV-infected herds since March 2001. All states except Iowa have now achieved Stage IV or V (free) status. Iowa reports no infected herds and is set to advance to Stage IV
Michigan Detects pseudorabies (PRV) In Saginaw, Gladwin and Cheboygan Michigan counties
The Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) has detected four transitional swine herds which have tested positive for pseudorabies (PRV). The herds were identified on farms in Saginaw, Gladwin and Cheboygan counties
Wisconsin Cleans Up PRV Outbreak | pseudorabies, PRV
Two small swine herds in Clark County, Wisconsin infected with pseudorabies (PRV) may have had contact with wild pigs. Both herds have been destroyed, according to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture.
Wisconsin Sounds All Clear On Pseudorabies Front
The all-clear signal has been given by state veterinarian Bob Ehlenfeldt in the Wisconsin pseudorabies (PRV) case
Feral Swine Raise PRV Concerns
Although no domestic herds are infected with pseudorabies (PRV) in the United States, four cases of infection were found in feral swine in 2005, it was reported at the U.S. Animal Health Association annual meeting last month in Hershey, PA. Infected feral swine were detected in Louisiana and Arizona; all were destroyed and no hogs remain on the farms.
Farm Bill Funding
The new 2002 farm bill supports two key animal health programs and trade development. Spending for the Market Access Program has been boosted to $200 million/year from the previous $90 million/year. Funds were also increased for the Foreign Market Development Program. Both programs boost pork exports. Authorization was granted to continue support for the Pseudorabies Eradication Program. Passage of
Ppseudorabies Virus (PRV) Detected in Saginaw County, Michigan Is Under Control
The pseudorabies (PRV) virus has been diagnosed on a game ranch in Saginaw County, MI, according to the Michigan Department of Agriculture
Crunch Time
The U.S. is inching ever closer to meeting its goal of eradicating pseudorabies. The next few months will determine the campaign's future. The stage is set to complete the pseudorabies (PRV) eradication program. At 112 herds, the U.S. pork industry is at its lowest count for quarantined, infected herds since the eradication program was launched in 1989. However, these next two months of winter are
Keep Vaccinating for PRV
Despite closing in on pseudorabies (PRV) eradication in the U.S., the infected feral pig population still threatens the commercial swine industry. Case in point is the recent PRV case in Arkansas that was traced to casual contact with feral or wild pigs. Even though Iowa has been in Stage IV (surveillance) since April 2003, state veterinarian John Schiltz recommends continuing PRV vaccination. Iowa
North Carolina--Completion of PRV Cleanup Campaign Near
In 1997, the state/federal pseudorabies (PRV) eradication program was gaining momentum. But industry officials were getting worried about the lack of progress in one state - North Carolina.The No. 2 hog state was saddled with 600-plus quarantined herds. There didn't seem to be any signs of progress.Then an event occurred that changed everything. A national PRV Summit was held in Kenansville. Industry
NPPC Kicks Off PRV Campaign
As the pseudorabies (PRV) eradication program nears completion, the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC), using checkoff dollars in cooperation with the National Pork Board, has launched an awareness campaign to keep producers' herds PRV negative.Materials discuss the importance of continued vaccination, herd biosecurity and awareness of PRV status - both in producers' own herds and the herds in
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