Protecting Brazil from pig diseases

In terms of infectious diseases, Brazil can be proud of a long period of no infections from many serious pathogens. A major role in this success is played by the Cananéia Quarantine Station, which puts every incoming breeding animal to the test. How does that procedure work? For the last 15 years or so, Brazil’s pig industry has been considered to be a bit of a ‘sanitary paradise’. While the US has been troubled by infections of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) and Po