The amount of research being done with PRRS is great, however the knowledge gap is large. Dr. Andres Perez, professor at the University of Minnesota, talked about PRRS research with goals to close some of our knowledge gaps and summarized results of and future plans for research on PRRS incidence, molecular epidemiology and modeling. All this took place during Boehringer Ingelheim’s session at the North American PRRS Symposium.

“We think realistically the most immediate step is to try and understand the impact of the disease. There are a number of research projects keeping that in mind,” said Dr. Perez. Looking into the future, he said biosecurity was one area of study being explored. “And how we can manage it to decrease the impact of the disease and finally to understand the social competence of the disease and the role the different players play in maintaining and preventing disease transmission.”

In my complete interview with Dr. Perez, learn more about the research being done with PRRS at the University of Minnesota. Interview with Dr. Andres Perez, University of Minnesota

Find all the photos from the event here: 2014 BIVI PRRS Seminar Photo Album