INDIANAPOLIS (11 April 2011)—Pork producers are invited to attend a seminar on swine industry biosecurity practices and an update on the latest research on Thursday, April 21, hosted by the Indiana State Board of Animal Health. The featured speaker will be veterinarian Scott Dee of the University of Minnesota.
The meeting will be held at 1 pm at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Indiana Farm Bureau building banquet hall, located in Indianapolis. The seminar is free.
Dr. Dee is a leading industry researcher in virus transmission and biosecurity related to PRRS (porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome). First identified in the mid-1980s, PRRS is a viral disease of swine that causes lower fertility, abortions and still-born pigs, as well as respiratory problems such as pneumonia. Estimates place industry economic losses related to the disease at $560 million annually, making PRRS an economically significant issue to the swine industry. Dr. Dee will share the latest information about tactics producers can use to prevent herd infection.
For more information about the seminar, contact BOAH at 317-544-2414 or animalhealth@boah.in.gov.
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