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Pig Journal Volume: 52
Publication date: November 2003

General Section

PORCINE REPRODUCTIVE AND RESPIRATORY SYNDROME (PRRS) VIRUS - AN UPDATE
S.H. Done

Abstract
(Sponsor Paper) The purpose of this paper is to review for a United Kingdom and Irish audience the recent advances in PRRS studies. These are primarily in the USA, which is bedevilled by the disease and also in Denmark which has the problem of co-existence of both the North American and the European virus in the national herd. Authors from these countries (USA, Canada and Denmark) are significant contributors to the PRRS literature. The UK, France and Spain are almost as equally obsessed with PCV2, PMWS and PDNS to the probable exclusion of any studies on PRRS. It is interesting that, even now, authorities in the USA, which often examine the UK situation with regard to PCV2 associated diseases, still largely believe that what is seen is, in fact, not PCV2 but what they call PRRS. The fact that PMWS is widespread and a lot of Canadian pigs go to the USA, but the disease is still not described, is even a greater mystery.

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