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Wednesday, October 15, 2025
US swine disease database reveals significant shift in PRRSV patterns
Data from the US Swine Disease Reporting System's Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) Sequencing Database show a shift in detections from 2020 to 2025, with lineage L1A steadily declining while lineage L1C.5 has rise ...
Thursday, August 21, 2025
PRRS outbreaks prompt USDA to lower US pork production outlook
The US Department of Agriculture has lowered its 2025 pork production forecast, citing slower slaughter rates and lighter dressed weights in the second half of the year.
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Genus sees profit boost after US-FDA approval of PRRS Resistant Pig
Global animal genetics company Genus has published a trading update for its fiscal year ending June 30, which includes a double-digit underlying growth in PIC adjusted operating profit, with an additional net £3.7 million (US$4.95 mill ...
Monday, March 17, 2025
Proportion of pig herds in Denmark with negative PRRS health status rose to 68% in January this year
The proportion of pig herds in Denmark with negative porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) health status has increased to 68% in January 2025, according to a report.
Thursday, September 12, 2024
US pork industry suffered US$1.2 billion yearly losses from PRRS in 2016-20
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) caused an estimated US$1.2 billion per year in lost production in the US pork industry from 2016 to 2020, an 80% increase from a decade earlier, according to a new analysis by Iowa State ...
Monday, August 5, 2024
US pork industry suffered US$1.2 billion damages yearly from PRRS during 2016-2020, analysis found
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) caused an estimated US$1.2 billion per year in lost production in the US pork industry from 2016 to 2020, an 80% increase from a decade earlier, according to a new analysis by an Iowa Sta ...
Thursday, May 2, 2024
Brazil issues positive regulatory determination for PRRS-resistant pigs, says Genus plc
Genus plc, the parent company of PIC (Pig Improvement Company), has announced that Brazil recently issued a favorable regulatory determination for gene-edited pigs resistant to the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus.
Monday, October 16, 2023
Mandatory PRRS declaration statement for all pig producers in Denmark
All pig producers in Denmark, who send pigs for slaughter, must have a clinical porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) statement, starting November 4, 2023, the country’s Agriculture and Food Sector announced.
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Acceligen unveils breeding of PRRS-resistant pigs
Acceligen, an innovator in sustainable agriculture, announced the breeding of gene-edited pigs with resistance to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS).
Monday, June 6, 2022
Denmark creates strategy to reduce number of PRRS-positive affected pig farms
The Danish Agriculture & Food Council (Landbrug & Fødevare Gris), in close cooperation with other agencies, has developed a strategy to reduce the number of PRRS-positive pig farms in Denmark.
Thursday, April 21, 2022
USDA researching ways to combat PRRS
Researchers from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) are studying ways to combat Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), a major swine disease, and potentially save millions of dollars in the country's pork sector, RFD TV ...
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
Impact of PRRS & SIV and how spray-dried plasma (SDP) helps
Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) is a viral disease characterized by two overlapping clinical presentations, reproductive impairment or failure in breeding animals, and respiratory disease in pigs of any age.
Monday, July 12, 2021
New PRRS variants causing concern in US, says Anpario swine specialist
Swine producers, especially those in the United States, are becoming increasingly concerned about new variants of the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRS), which have been challenging production units, Anpario's swine ...
Monday, July 5, 2021
Boehringer Ingelheim celebrates 25 years combating PRRS in Europe
Boehringer Ingelheim was celebrating 25 years of partnering with veterinarians and producers to combat porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) in Europe and more than 25 years in the United States, the company announced last mo ...
Monday, May 10, 2021
First PRRSV outbreak in Nepal confirmed
The first outbreak of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) in Nepal was reported to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) on April 26.

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