An article put out in the Journal of Animal Science stated that the PRRS virus cost pig producer $560 million annually. Although this number is conservative because it only accounted for the losses in production and not the cost of treating the disease and the opportunity cost of having pigs kept longer. Since the disease classical swine fever and pseudorabies have been eraticated from swine herds in the US, the possibility of eradicating the PRRS virus has come into discussion. A statement put out by the AASV stated their long term goal was complete eradication of the PRRS virus and they plan to work with industry to achieve this goal. Following this statement PRRS eradication groups were developed across North America. These groups did well in collecting funding and organizing action towards PRRS eradication but work still needs to be done with “substantial eradication”. The removal of PRRS from a herd was able to be achieved but the true challenge was keeping the disease from infecting a susceptible herd. A lot of research has gone into air filtration systems and the study of potential carriers of the disease such as biological and mechanical fomites. Going forward more research will have to be done and project will be continue help achieve complete eradication of the disease.