Cost of PRRS outbreak in a sow herd and economic analysis of control strategies

Swine producers and veterinarians have several options to manage a herd when facing a PRRS outbreak. Some will allow the disease to follow its course while trying to address the clinical signs with individual or population treatments, others will use vaccination with commercial vaccines or expose all sows to PRRS virus recovered during the outbreak, while others will use tilmicosin in the immediate 4 weeks following the PRRS onset with or without virus exposure.   The objective of this pro