Improving the management procedures in farms infected with the Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus using PDP models.

ABSTRACT: Pig meat production need to be built up in the future due to the increase of the human population worldwide. To address this challenge, there is plenty of room for improvement in terms of pig production efficiency that could be severely hampered by the presence of diseases. In this sense, Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) is one of the most costly disease present in industrial pork production in Europe and North America. We have developed a model to analyze the effect of different management procedures to control this important virus in different epidemiological scenarios. Our results clearly suggest that no cross-fostering during lactation and the maintaining of litter integrity significantly decrease the number of sick and dead animals during the rearing period

SUBMITTER: Colomer MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6620323 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature