IPVS 2014

• 10 minutes
• Expertise article | IPVS 2014
• E Johnson, J Lowe, 2014 IPVS Congress p. 321.

Pork production systems routinely capture large amounts of real-time data. Decision tools can be developed to effectively utilize this data in strategic decision making. For example, Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) creates economic losses in the period from weaning to market (WTM).1 Several tactics can be employed to mitigate these losses in WTM batches. However, understanding the mean cost of PRRS infection in a batch of pigs and the ability to predict which batches are most likely to suffer those losses are critical in designing mitigation strategies that optimize economic returns. This paper describes an economic decision model for PRRS mitigation strategies in WTM pigs that was constructed and applied within a large production system.

• 10 minutes
• Expertise article | IPVS 2014
• P Wallgren, 2014 IPVS Congress. p 219.

PRRS is a pig disease causing large economical losses. Sweden has been free from PRRS, which since 1998 has been documented by a control program. However, in 2007 the country was hit with PRRS. PRRS was promptly eradicated 1, 2, and the control program was redesigned. The present report discusses the cost for controlling and documenting freedom from PRRS and relates that to costs for having the disease.

• 20 minutes
• Expertise article | IPVS 2014
• JH Lara P, R Echeveste G de A, F Quezada M, R Cortes F, F Castro P, B Lozano D, D Sarfati M, E Soto P, 2014 IPVS Congress. p 213.