Regional Strategies to Control Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), a Non-Reportable, Endemic Swine Disease in the US
Credit: MSDAbstract
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is an endemic disease that imposes a large economic damage on the US swine industry. Nonetheless, there is no official control framework for PRRS, so producers rely on voluntary regional control programs (RCPs) for its mitigation. Despite efforts to control PRRS, it continues to affect a large number of farms every year. Using information shared by a specific RCP (RCP-N212), this research project focused on important aspects of PRRS dynamics within an RCP, including effects of the disease on production, as well as strategies adopted by producers to control its spread.
Related sites:
- Measuring Progress on the Control of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) at a Regional Level: The Minnesota N212 Regional Control Project (RCP) as a Working Example
- Production Losses from an endemic animal disease: Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) in Selected Midwest US Sow Farms
- Using Machine Learning to Predict Swine Movements within a Regional Program to Improve Control of Infectious Diseases in the US
- Collective Strategies to Control PRRS, a Non-Reportable, Endemic Swine Disease
- Novel analytic tools for the study of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSv) in endemic settings: lessons learned in the U.S
Pablo Valdes Donoso, DVM MPVM MS PhD
Assistant Professor of AI in Veterinary Medicine
My research interests include using different data sources to address issues regarding health and economics in food production.