Many thanks to all of the hard work and support of pork producers, veterinarians and others in the industry, statewide. Previously, the lowest number of quarantines on record was in January 1981, very early in the eradication program, was 242 herds. That promise has been fulfilled. Herd owners who have PRV-quarantined herds, those whose herds lie within 2 miles of a quarantine, and individuals whose herds were recently released from quarantine or a quarantine circle are eligible to receive free vaccine. The state will reimburse the herd veterinarian directly up to 40 cents per dose for any brand or form of PRV vaccine.
Producers are eligble for up to two doses for breeding stock, and one dose for feeder animals.
This month marks the kick-off of an increased pseudorabies surveillance program in Indiana. A percentage of herds in counties with previous histories of PRV infection will be sampled. Complete herd-testing of infected herds. Addition of the Johnsonville Foods plant at Momence, Illinois to the major packer surveillance program. Sows representing a wide geographic stretch in Indiana will be tested for PRV at slaughter to verify status.