Unique vaccine for PRRS developed

摘要

AN Ohio State University researcher has created a unique vaccine to protect swine from porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), a viral disease that causes direct losses to U.S. swine producers to the tune of $664 million a year. Unlike the current live vaccines used to prevent PRRS, the new vaccine uses an inactivated virus to eliminate adverse reactions in pigs such as abortion, sick piglets and further spread of the disease, said Renukaradhya "Arad-hya" Gourapura, an associate professor in the university's Food Animal Health Research Program, which is part of the Ohio Agricultural Research & Development Center (OARDC).