ArticleFrontiers in veterinary science2025
Measuring the impact of sow farm outbreaks with PRRS virus on the downstream mortality using causal inference methods.
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- Growth performance and immune responses of pigs from nursery to grower-finisher phase following different PRRSV-2 vaccination strategies: Evidence supporting a prime-boost regimen under field conditions in Korea.Canadian journal of veterinary research = Revue canadienne de recherche veterinaire · 2026Article
- Prophylactic immunomodulation with α-mannan attenuates PRRSV-induced disease in piglets.Veterinary research communications · 2026Article
- Pig productive performance parameters and costs in Spain: evolution from 2015 to 2024.Porcine health management · 2026Article
- Molecular epidemiology and genetic evolution of PRRSV ORF5 in Sichuan, Southwest China.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) remains a significant challenge to the swine industry, resulting in substantial productivity and, consequently, economic losses. This study aimed to quantify the impact of PRRSV outbreaks in sow farms on nursery mortality using causal inference methods. The study design followed a retrospective observational approach, where PRRSV epidemic status in source sow farms was the exposure, and nursery mortality (percentage of dead pigs in the first 60 days post-weaning) was the outcome. Causal inference techniques were employed to estimate the effect of the exposure (PRRSV epidemic status) on the outcome (nursery mortality). Data from a Midwestern US swine production system comprising 2,592 lots of pigs, representing approximately 5 million pigs marketed between January 2021 and December 2022, were analyzed. A causal diagram was constructed to visualize the relationship between PRRSV epidemic exposure and nursery mortality, while controlling for potential confounding factors including season, average parity at farrow, and sow farm
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