PRRS Corner: Strengthening PRRSV Surveillance

September 18, 2013 — 

IDEXX sponsored a webinar on September 4th with Dr. Jeff Zimmerman to discuss the use of oral fluids as a tool in PRRS surveillance. The webinar was recorded and is now available on the IDEXX Learning Center website. This webinar covers the value and utility of oral fluids for PRRS monitoring. Topics in this discussion address scientifically based and practical methods which can and should be implemented to improve PRRS management throughout a swine production system. The benefits of PRRSV nucleic acid and antibody detection techniques using oral fluid are shared including thoughts behind recommendations on sampling time and frequency.

Discussion Topics:

• Reasons for PRRSV surveillance
• Serum versus oral fluid-based surveillance
• Collection of oral fluids
• Detection of PRRSV in oral fluids by PCR
• Detection of PRRSV antibody in oral fluids by ELISA
• Recommendations for implementing routine PRRSV surveillance using oral fluids