With all the hog farmers and swine vets gathered in Des Moines for World Pork Expo this week, it was a perfect opportunity for Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica (BIVI) to host a PRRS Area Regional Control (ARC) seminar.

“It’s a very good opportunity to have a peer-to-peer meeting,” said Dr. Laura Batista with the BIVI PRRS Solution Team, who says there are two projects underway now in Iowa of the 25 nationwide. “More and more it is countywide, rather than the whole state.”

Laura says producers are starting to see a return on investment by implementing the PRRS control program.

Listen to or download Laura’s PRRS ARC update here: Dr. Laura Batista

BIVI’s Dr. Reid Phillips says the PRRS ARC project is a work in progress, so meetings like this are very important. “It’s an opportunity for the working groups to get together and share their information, identify areas of challenges and restraints, and that’s a valuable thing.”

Reid talked about the value of communication and coordination, as well as research that can help with PRRS control.

Listen to or download my interview with Reid here: Dr. Reid Phillips

2011 World Pork Expo Photo Album