Research compiled over the years has given pork producers better “tools in their toolbox” to combat porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), says Scott Dee, DVM, director of the Swine Disease Eradication Center at the University of Minnesota. “Today more than ever before, producers can take a holistic, systematic approach to managing PRRS with greater success. Our improved understanding of the dynamics of the virus; transmission, infection, diagnosis and monitoring; and vaccination protocols has helped us provide producers with highly effective tools to turn the tide on PRRS infections,” Dee says. “The most effective and successful PRRS control and prevention within
an area requires a high degree of cooperation, coordination and collaboration within and among production
systems in a region,” Dee concludes. “Fortunately, producers have a number of effective tools available to better
help them determine current status, assess PRRS risk, measure and monitor infection status and improve their disease-
management decision making.”