C2-Lancastw Farming, Saturday, November 8. 1993
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A column to update hog producers on the
Pennsylvania Pseudorabies Eradication Program.
THE PENNSYLVANIA
VACCINATION PROJECT
FOR GROW/FINISH HOGS
Dr. Amy Nesselrodt
USDA/APHIS
Veterinary Services
In 1989, at the request of the National Pork
Producers Council, the Cooperative State-
Federal-Industry Pseudorabies Eradication
Program began.
The goal was to eradicate pseudorabies
from this country by the year 2000. Guide
lines were established to assist states in reach
ing this goal.
The guidelines outline five stages of PRV
eradication which demonstrate the progress
states make toward eradication. At Stage V,
the final stage, a state is declared free of
pseudorabies.
Currently, Pennsylvania is in Stage n. It is
the immediate goal of the Pennsylvania Pork
Producers to advance the state into Stage 111
and then meet the goal of pseudorabies eradi
cation in Pennsylvania by the year 2000.
Producers in Pennsylvania have been
working hard to eliminate PRV from their
herds. Unfortunately, in spite of their efforts,
new herds continue to become infected. The
major source of new infections continues to
be area-spread.
Pseudorabies virus, which is shed in mucus
from infected animals, can, under the right
environmental conditions, travel through the
air and infect other herds. One tool which is
available to prevent such spread of virus is.
vaccination. More than 9S percent of quaran
tined herds are vaccinating their breeding ani
mals but less than 50 percent of the currently
100,000 quarantined grow/finish animals are
being vaccinated. These unvaccinated,
infected animals serve as a reservoir for the
virus and can act like “virus factories,” spew
ing virus particles into the air.
Iq order to promote vaccination of grow/
finish animals, the Pennsylvania Pork Pro
ducers Council is sponsoring the "Pennsylva
nia Vaccination Project” Producers with
quarantined grow/finish herds are strongly
encouraged to participate in this project. The
success of preventing area spread of pseudo
rabies is dependent on maximum
participation.
Participating producers will be asked to
attend an initial informational meeting. Indi
vidual vaccination programs will be designed
based on the situation of each individual farm.
Management practices which include a vacci
nation program will be evaluated for perfor
mance and economic benefit.
It is anticipated that the results of the prog
ram will reduce the rate of new pseudorabies
infections because of reduced virus circula
tion among grow/finish herds. With less cir
culating virus, all infected herds should have a
better chance in eradicating the disease from
their herds. It is hoped that with this intensive
attack against PRV, Pennsylvania will soon
be able to move into Stage in of the National
PRV Eradication Program.
The project will also examine the economic
value of vaccinating grow/finish pigs by look
ing at performance. Personnel from Penn
State’s Department of Veterinary Science.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Pennsyl
vania Department of Agriculture will direct
this program with the assistance of local prac
titioners. The project will allow for partial
funding of cost of vaccinating grow/finish
animals against pseudorabies on quarantined
farms. Program personnel will provide gui
dance on vaccination techniques and will per
iodically visit the farms to check performance
records.
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