Growing Losses From PRRS Cost Pork Producers $1.2 Billion Per Year, New Study Shows
July 30, 2024
July 30, 2024
AMES, Iowa, July 30 (TNSres) -- Iowa State University issued the following news release:
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) caused an estimated $1.2 billion per year in lost production in the U.S. pork industry from 2016 to 2020, an 80% increase from a decade earlier, according to a new analysis by an Iowa State University expert.
The viral disease has been present in U.S. swine herds since the mid-1980s and remains a growing threat, said Dr. Derald Ho . . .
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) caused an estimated $1.2 billion per year in lost production in the U.S. pork industry from 2016 to 2020, an 80% increase from a decade earlier, according to a new analysis by an Iowa State University expert.
The viral disease has been present in U.S. swine herds since the mid-1980s and remains a growing threat, said Dr. Derald Ho . . .