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Weekly Overview: Progress on PRRS and Other Pig Health Issues

2013-05-13 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

GLOBAL - Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) is among the world's most costly pig diseases and it is proving challenging to control, particularly because of the different viral strains that exist. New research sheds some light on how the strains impact the pig's immune system in different ways. Hungary has been declared free of Classical Swine Fever and in the US, a new Bill will further tighten up on antibiotic use in animal agriculture.

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