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Monitor herds for PRRS using processing-fluids samples

2017-11-06 12:00:00| National Hog Farmer

Conventional sampling methods are based on individual sampling, which is time consuming, expensive, requires expertise and is not effective to detect disease at low prevalence.

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DEATH CAUSED BY TOXICITY IN HERDS CAN BE FRUSTRATING

2017-11-03 20:27:40| Cattle Today

Both nitrate/nitrite and ammonia/urea toxicity in cattle can cause multiple deaths in a herd with few clinical signs and few to no gross or microscopic lesions of animals who die. These deaths can be frustrating for farmers and veterinarians and can present a diagnostic challenge to pathologists.

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Why PRRS elimination doesn’t work in some herds

2017-10-03 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

Over the years, there’s been considerable progress in the development of strategies aimed at eliminating porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus (PRRSV). I define successful PRRSV elimination as the absence of clinical disease in the breeding herd and, more importantly, the absence of the vertical transmission of virus to weaned pigs.

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Air filtration for swine herds: A historical perspective

2017-09-06 11:00:00| National Hog Farmer

PRRS has been a game changer in the swine industry, and filtration of hog barns has made great strides in reduction of the the spread of the air-borne strains of the virus.

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