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Porkpod: From avian influenza to export demand, numerous factors are facing today’s hog

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Speaker: Steve Meyer, President Paragon Economics

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From avian influenza to export demand, numerous factors are facing today’s hog market

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Biosecurity essential to minimize PRRS risk on hog farms

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PRRS cost the U.S. swine industry an estimated $1.2 billion annually. What can managers and veterinarians do to minimize the risk in at a hog facility? Are there certain biosecurity protocols that help reduce the risk of this damaging virus infecting their herds? Joining us to provide management tips for the barn, feed mill and feed as we ramp up for possible PRRS infections this fall is Dr. Alex Hintz, a veterinarian with Novus.