Feature

Danbred is the first in Ontario to install the filters in its barn and a Quebec study indicates that they are 95 per cent successful in cutting down on aerosol transmission of the disease

by KATE PROCTER

For decades, pork producers have introduced increasing levels of biosecurity to keep costly diseases out of their herds. Yet Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus (PRRS) still manages to elude the best efforts at keeping it out.

The more meticulous you are in cleaning your barn, the less deterioration and disease you will have to deal with when you want to get started again

by PAUL LUIMES

In recent issues, we have followed the stories of several Ontario producers as they grappled with PRRS during the tough market conditions of 2007. This update reveals some surprises as well as challenges with monitoring the actual PRRS status in barns
by KATE PROCTER