Piglet vaccination: Key to PRRS control

Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome (PRRS) is still the most costly disease for the global swine industry. Successful vaccination of piglets can avoid some costly economic losses associated with the disease. Recently, the impact of PRRS in a large European integrated company with 93,800 sows was evaluated. It was estimated that a PRRS-positive stable farm produces 26.2 weaned piglets/week/1,000 sows more compared to an PRRS-unstable farm. In other words, the impact of PRRS instability