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Keeping PRRS Out of Sow Herds

2013-12-20 21:35:00| National Hog Farmer

By Joe Vansickle The Pipestone System follows structured protocols for disease elimination. To clean up sow breed-to-wean herds when they turn positive for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) in the fall, the Pipestone (MN) Veterinary Clinic has developed best practices to be incorporated into a standard protocol for disease elimination in its production network. Its called the Pipestone System. The goal for each newly infected farm is to follow this protocol to eliminate the field virus, said Joel Nerem, DVM, Pipestone Veterinary Clinic (PVC). read more

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