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Monitoring PRRS virus at low prevalence
2018-10-30 10:00:00| National Hog Farmer
Blueprint: Methods to monitor PRRS virus in breeding herds based on population sampling can be used and are commercially available.
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PRRS virus changes like a flowing river
2015-08-31 18:59:00| National Hog Farmer
By Andres Perez, Moh Alkhamis, Mike Murtaugh, Bob Morrison, University of Minnesota Understanding the changes and migration pattern of the PRRS virus can help hog producers tighten biosecurity measures, and reevaluate animal and people movement. read more
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PRRS Virus Found at Another Swiss Pig Farm
2014-04-01 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
SWITZERLAND - Pigs at a farm in Altdorf have tested positive for the Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) virus.
PRRS Virus Reported in Pigs in Switzerland
2014-03-10 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
SWITZERLAND - The Swiss veterinary authorities have reported a subclinical infection of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) at a closed farm with breeding and fattening unit in the canton of Lucerne.
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PRRS Virus Evolution Slows
2013-09-03 21:28:00| National Hog Farmer
By Albert Rovira, DVM, University of Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus remains a very important disease of swine in the United States. At the University of Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, hundreds of samples are routinely tested for this virus by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) every month. This test can differentiate between the two main types of PRRS virus: the European type and the North American type. Both types have been described in the United States. read more
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