Denmark wants to have a large proportion of companies free from PRRS by 2025. On May 15, it was decided that all Danish pig farmers must know the PRRS status of their livestock by October 1, 2023 at the latest.
Currently, the PRRS status of almost 85 percent of the approximately 2,400 pig farms is known. By October 1, 2023, the remaining pig farmers who have more than 10 sows or 100 fattening pigs must ensure that they know the PRRS status of their herd.
This is necessary to get PRRS under control. The goal of the joint Danish pig and health organizations is to have 85 percent of all sow herds in the country free of PRRS by 2025 and 75 percent of all slaughter pigs by 2025. To this end, companies are being freed from PRRS regionally through depop-repop or some other strategy.
Prevent major damage
By tackling PRRS, outbreaks of the disease can be prevented from reoccurring. Outbreaks cause major damage to sows due to fertility problems and respiratory diseases to piglets and especially fattening pigs. Even without outbreaks, PRRS is a cost item because this viral disease affects the immune system, giving other viruses and bacteria a greater chance. It also means that tackling PRRS can further reduce antibiotic use.
On the farms that are still PRRS positive, the animals will have to demonstrate monthly that there are no PRRS symptoms. If this is the case, blood samples will be tested for the PRRS virus. PRRS-positive pigs are cut at the slaughterhouse. For the first four months this costs 2.7 cents per kilo. After that it rises to 40 cents per kilo, two years after the PRRS discovery.
2023-05-19 16:12:00
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