Harkin, Lugar, Grassley secure pseudorabies funding News . . . The money, which will be used to assist with PRV vaccine costs incurred by pork producers, was included in the federal crop insurance reform legislation that overwhelmingly passed the House and Senate. Recent PRV outbreaks in Iowa and Minnesota have underscored the importance of vaccinations to prevent infection and transmission.
Research has shown vaccine use reduces the amount of the virus and the length of viral shedding.
Iowa and Minnesota both mandate vaccinations at producer expense in heavily swine populated areas to reduce herd reinfection. Pseudorabies is a virus that causes reproductive and other production problems in pigs but does not affect humans.