Providing field practitioners with a bioportal to help them make better decisions was one topic of conversation at the 4th Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica PRRS ARC&E Seminar, an event held in conjunction with the International PRRS Symposium. Chuck caught up with Dr. Jean-Paul Cano, a veterinarian with BIVI and on the company’s PRRS team. His talk, “Application of Disease Bioportal for decision making in a production system,” focused on how to adopt bioportals (mentioned in our previous article) used in other animal agriculture to use for swine, in particular in fighting PRRS.
“We learned about this tool about two-and-a-half years ago, and we approached the guys at the University of California and [asked], ‘Can we use the tool and adapt it to the swine industry which has a very different dynamic than the cattle industry or poultry industry?’ and use that tool to tell practitioners which kind of virus they’ve got,” Cano explained, adding that he expects you could see this kind of bioportal become more widespread. “We think this could become the new standard for vet clinics and production systems for organizing all that information.”
Cano said this is still a work in progress, but it could be ready to go in possibly just a few months. He said this is just another example of BIVI investing in solutions for pork producers.
Listen to Chuck’s interview with Dr. Cano here: Interview with Dr. Jean-Paul Cano