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Defra is hoping a new eradication programme will help bring porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) under control within 12 years. The department recently out proposals…
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Defra hopes to have PRRS under control within 12 years under new eradication programme
0Defra is hoping a new eradication programme will help bring porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) under control within 12 years. The department recently out proposals in a a 12-week consultation for a compulsory PRRS control and eradication programme in England that would initially introduce legislation requiring pig herds to test and declare their PRRS status. The consultation also seeks views on plans to make Animal Health and Welfare Reviews mandatory. The measures would be brought in over five phases, ‘with the aim of reaching eradication in the long term’: Phase 1 is designed to establish a baseline antibody status…