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Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

2009

2009; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 10-014-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 1020; Growth; Mortality; PRRSv; Vaccine; Swine

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Effects Of Sirrah-Bios Prrsv-Rs Vaccine On Mortality Rate And Finisher Pig Performance (2009), M L. Potter, Steven C. Henry, Lisa M. Tokach, Joel M. Derouchey, Michael D. Tokach, Robert D. Goodband, Jim L. Nelssen, Steven S. Dritz Jan 2009

Effects Of Sirrah-Bios Prrsv-Rs Vaccine On Mortality Rate And Finisher Pig Performance (2009), M L. Potter, Steven C. Henry, Lisa M. Tokach, Joel M. Derouchey, Michael D. Tokach, Robert D. Goodband, Jim L. Nelssen, Steven S. Dritz

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

A total of 1,561 pigs (initially 4 d of age) were used to determine the effects of a porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSv) subunit vaccine, PRRSV-RS (Sirrah-Bios, Ames, IA), on mortality rate and finisher pig growth performance in a PRRSv-positive commercial herd. Pigs were randomly assigned by litter to either the subunit PRRSv vaccine or non-vaccinated control group. Pigs in the vaccinated group received an intramuscular injection of 1 mL PRRSV-RS vaccine at processing (approximately 4 d after birth) and again at weaning (approximately 24 d of age). Vaccinated and control pigs were comingled in a single nursery …