How much PRRS tax did you pay this year?

Although some progress has been made, it’s estimated that PRRS still costs US swine producers more than US$580 million annually in productivity losses.

15 April 2019

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By: Clayton Johnson, DVM | Pig Health Today

North America

Figure 1: This figure shows the value of gilt acclimation in the face of a novel PRRSV outbreak due to the 1-7-4 strain
© Johnson C, 2015

References
References
Pork Checkoff
(2017)	Annual PRRS Cost Falls $83 Million — Productivity gains blunt the impact of PRRS on the US herd.
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(2016)	Economic Analysis of Vaccination Strategies for PRRS Control. PLOS ONE 2016;11(4): e0150444.
Johnson C.
(2015)	Programs and Targets for PRRSV Acclimatization for Integrated (Large) Companies, 2015 Leman Conference, Carlos Pijoan Swine Disease Eradication Center Symposium.