Advancing PRRS area regional control in the state of Sonora, Mexico

The global swine industry faces economically devastating diseases such as porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS)1, porcine circovirus associated diseases (PCVAD), and new variants of influenza. Consequently, veterinarians have developed different means for individual or groups of farms to control and possibly eradicate diseases. However the risk of re-infection remains high even with the best current biosecurity practices.2 This has led to the consensus that more coordinated, or &