Source: Jennifer Shike, AGWEB, 4/24/20


How does herd immunity in pigs apply to COVID-19? Some veterinarians say it has everything to do with this current pandemic situation. “We’ve been working on herd immunity in the swine industry for decades,” says Tim Loula, DVM, of Swine Vet Center in St. Peter, Minn. “We use population medicine and do complex disease eradications on pig farms. About 20 years ago, the U.S. swine industry accomplished a national Pseudorabies virus eradication, a government program, to rid the U.S. of this disease. We have also worked with clients over the last 20 years to eradicate atrophic rhinitis...

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