Fostera® PRRS effective, lasting, safe despite ‘worst-case’ challenges
Dec 08, 2021Jennifer Grullon
DISCOVERIES, Issue 26: It’s well known that modified-live PRRS vaccines help reduce production losses in breeding herds with PRRS. But when the challenge is especially severe, how well and for how...
Don’t lose sight of M. hyo while battling other swine pathogens
Nov 30, 2021Jennifer Grullon
TOOLBOX, Issue 1: An interview with
Lucina Galina Pantoja, DVM, PhD,
Director, Swine Technical Services,
Zoetis
Early vaccination with Fostera PRRS, long DOI can help stem PRRS losses in growers
Nov 17, 2021Jennifer Grullon
DISCOVERIES, Issue 28: Vaccination as early as 1 day of age with Fostera® PRRS coupled with the vaccine’s long duration of immunity can help pork producers stem the significant economic losses in...
Performance — not serology or PCR — is best indicator of modified-live PRRS vaccine efficacy
Nov 03, 2021Jennifer Grullon
TOOLBOX, Issue 24: Noel Garbes DVM, senior technical services veterinarian, Zoetis, recently talked with editors of Pig Health Today about measuring modified-live PRRS vaccine efficacy.
Ct values predict PRRS nursery mortality, can guide vaccination decisions
Dec 27, 2020Jennifer Grullon
DISCOVERIES, Issue 18: Obtaining cycle threshold (Ct) values based on processing fluids provides a practical way to identify neonatal pigs at risk for nursery mortality associated with PRRS and can...
Fostera® PRRS protects against diverse PRRS virus field strains
Oct 28, 2020Jennifer Grullon
DISCOVERIES, Issue 19: PRRS has been described as one of the most important swine diseases of the last half-century. An estimated 20% to 25% of herds are still affected, and the syndrome remains the...
Neonatal pigs with low levels of viremia may benefit from PRRS vaccination
Sep 27, 2020Jennifer Grullon
TOOLBOX, Issue 19: An interview with
Jose Angulo, DVM,
PRRS Specialist,
Managing Veterinarian,
Zoetis
Herd performance best measure of PRRS vaccine efficacy
Nov 09, 2018Jennifer Grullon
TOOLBOX, Issue 9: An interview with
Jose Angulo, DVM,
PRRS Specialist,
Managing Veterinarian,
Zoetis
Iowa veterinarian sees benefits to early PRRS vaccination
May 30, 2017Jennifer Grullon
It takes 3 to 4 weeks for pigs to develop immunity against PRRSV after vaccination with a modified-live vaccine, so vaccinating early gives them the time they need to develop immunity by nursery age,...
