Eradication of PRRS from backyard swine herds in Hungary between 2012 and 2018

Imre Nemes; Tamás Molnár; Tamás Abonyi; Zsolt Terjék; Ádám Bálint; István Szabó

doi:10.1556/004.2019.053

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Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volume/Issue:: Volume 67: Issue 4

Eradication of PRRS from backyard swine herds in Hungary between 2012 and 2018

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Imre Nemes

Imre Nemes National PRRS Eradication Committee;

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Tamás Molnár

Tamás Molnár National PRRS Eradication Committee;

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Tamás Abonyi

Tamás Abonyi National PRRS Eradication Committee;

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Zsolt Terjék

Zsolt Terjék National PRRS Eradication Committee;

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Ádám Bálint

Ádám Bálint Department of Virology, National Food Chain Safety Office Veterinary Diagnostic Directorate, Tábornok u. 2, H-1134 Budapest, Hungary

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István Szabó

István Szabó National PRRS Eradication Committee;

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Pages:: 543–552

Online Publication Date:: Dec 2019

Publication Date:: 01 Dec 2019

Article Category:: Journal Article

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1556/004.2019.053

Keywords:: PRRS; eradication; small-scale swine herds; backyard pigs

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In the EU Member States with a traditionally significant pig industry, the prevalence of PRRS infections is high. Therefore, the Pig Strategy of the Government of Hungary prioritises eradication of PRRSV in Hungary. For the first time among the EU Member States, a National PRRS Eradication Programme was introduced in order to reach a more efficient, economical and competitive international market position. Although its significance has decreased in recent decades, 20% of the Hungarian pig population is still kept on small-scale (backyard) farms (< 100 animals). The prevalence of PRRSV in backyard farms was 3.9% at the beginning of the programme. The present paper details the measures applied during the different phases of the programme in backyard farms. During all the phases, serological testing of the breeding animals of the registered small-scale herds was performed, including the highest number of individual animals. Seropositive individuals were tested by PCR and were removed from the backyard farm within the framework of official measures. By sequencing the identified PRRS strains, the possible epidemic relationships between small-scale and large-scale farms were continuously monitored. As a result of the programme, PRRS-free status of the small-scale herds was achieved by the end of 2015, and this status was maintained in 2016-2018.

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Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

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Mária BENKŐ (Acta Veterinaria Hungarica, Budapest, Hungary)
Gábor BODÓ (University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary)
Béla DÉNES (University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest Hungary)
Edit ESZTERBAUER (Veterinary Medical Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary)
Hedvig FÉBEL (University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary)
László FODOR (University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary)
János GÁL (University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary)
Balázs HARRACH (Veterinary Medical Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary)
Peter MASSÁNYI (Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovak Republic)
Béla NAGY (Veterinary Medical Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary)
Tibor NÉMETH (University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary)
Zsuzsanna NEOGRÁDY (University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary)
Dušan PALIĆ (Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany)
Alessandra PELAGALLI (University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy)
Kurt PFISTER (Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany)
László SOLTI (University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary)
József SZABÓ (University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary)
Péter VAJDOVICH (University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary)
János VARGA (University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary)
Štefan VILČEK (University of Veterinary Medicine in Kosice, Kosice, Slovak Republic)
Károly VÖRÖS (University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary)
Herbert WEISSENBÖCK (University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria)
Attila ZSARNOVSZKY (Szent István University, Gödöllő, Hungary)

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Acta Veterinaria Hungarica
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