Welcome to the PRRS Website

$560 million - the cost of PRRS every year in the U.S. alone. PRRS is a devastating disease of pigs worldwide. Scientists, producers, veterinarians from universities, government and industry are working together to solve the problem of PRRS. In the laboratory and in the field we are developing creative solutions for the successful management and elimination of PRRSV on swine farms. We are making progress... (more)

January 2008 PRRS-CAP Quarterly Newsletter Available

The January 2008 PRRS-CAP Newsletter is available for viewing here.  This edition has a report on IPPRRS 2007, a report on international PRRS research and much much more.

Recommendations for PRRS Vaccine Evaluation Trials:  Editorial

Direct comparison of PRRS vaccine candidates against the currently available products in pigs is the best way to evaluate efficacy.  See the editorial recently published in JSHAP for more (click here).

BREAKING NEWS!

Scott Dee of the University of Minnesota recently completed a study comparing four potential methods for reducing aerosol transmission of PRRS.  Read more about Scott's novel research here.

MORE BREAKING NEWS!

The latest version of the PRRS-CAP quarterly newsletter is available here.  Among other PRRS related news, this issue contains a final report from the Colloquim on Prospects for the Development of an Effective PRRS Virus Vaccine.