denmark – Swine in Minnesota

What is the probability of detecting a new incursion of PRRS into a PRRS-free region of Denmark within the first month?

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Mira Willkan, Lorraine Chapot, Angus Cameron, Søren Kjærgaard Boldsen, and Mette Fertner share the results of their study assessing how sensitive the current PRRS regional surveillance system in Denmark is and explore alternative surveillance systems. Could they detect a new PRRS introduction in less than a month?

Denmark Prepares for PRRS Elimination: A podcast

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It is likely that Denmark will soon move aggressively toward PRRS elimination. The At The Meeting team talks with Dr. Nicolai Weber (Project Manager, Danish National PRRS Reduction Program) to learn the strategies and expectations of the Danish pork industry.

Production losses from a recombinant PRRSv outbreak

This is our Friday rubric: every week a new Science Page from the Bob Morrison’s Swine Health Monitoring Project. The previous editions of the science page are available on our website.

This week, we are bringing to you a summary from a publication by the SEGES Danish Pig Research Centre and the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. The study published in Porcine Health Management describes production losses associated with a recombinant PRRS strain in breeding herds.

Key Points

A new PRRS-1 recombinant between two vaccine strains variant was reported.
This variant was detected in a boar station and affected breeding and production herds.
Production losses associated with this variant in the production herds comprised a decrease in liveborns/litter and in weaned/litter, as well as an increase in stillborn/litter which was higher than observed in previous Danish PRRS outbreak reports.