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Special Report: Practical ways to handle the most expensive swine pathogen
Feedstuffs in Focus
English - October 26, 2023 21:00 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsBusiness News News Business Marketing agriculture cattle industry agribusiness agriculture economics animal health animal nutrition beef chicken farming feed industry Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Production costs continue to climb across the swine industry, and the health costs associated with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome only make it worse. PRRS is estimated to cost the industry $1.8 million per day.
Host Sarah Muirhead talks with Dr. Katie Coleman from Iowa Select Farms to discuss how Iowa Select reduced PRRS incidence by more than 90% in affected barns, without building new barns in a swine-dense area.
They discuss:
Costs of PRRS to a systemA specific type of filtration addition that didn’t require a new barn buildTimeline necessary for modifications and culture shiftHow improved herd health benefits employeesTools they used and lessons learnedThis podcast is one of a four-part series on controlling costs with herd health, which is brought to you by Pharmgate Animal Health. Check out the other three episodes for discussions on Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, Lawsonia and porcine sapovirus. Call your Pharmgate representative or visit pharmgate.com to learn about their broad portfolio of options to support your protocols.