Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) continues to devastate the global swine industry, yet the ...

As explained in the paper, the PRRS virus has “a high rate of mutation due to an error-prone viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase and a significant rate of genetic recombination.” ...

That viral disease, known by the acronym PRRS, cost the U.S. pork industry about $1.2 billion in lost production annually from 2016 to 2020 — amounting to an estimated $4.8 billion over that ...

The U.K.-based company Genus created a gene-edited pig that’s resistant to a devastating virus that causes porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, or PRRS. The FDA could be close to ...

It’s going to save a lot of money if pigs are immune to the PRRS virus, which spreads quite easily, causing losses of $300 million a year or more in the US alone.

With PRRS virus being a massive headache, there’s high incentive for farmers to breed virus-resistant pigs at a commercial scale. Dr. Raymond Rowland at the University of Illinois, who helped ...

PIC’s edit is intended to tackle the virus behind porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS). It knocks out a receptor on pig cells that is commonly hijacked by the virus to cause ...

The PRRS virus can easily spread in factory farms in the US and cause the inability to conceive, increase the number of stillborn pigs, and trigger respiratory complications, including pneumonia.

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) infection in pigs is economically devastating for the global swine industry. The viral infection leads to reproductive disorder in sows ...

“Several times we thought we had the PRRS virus kind of sorted out,” Holtkamp says. “We thought we had solutions to control it and within a few years, we are made to look stupid again.

Gene-editing to curb PRRS. For years, PRRS has been a major headache for farmers worldwide. This nasty virus can wipe out young pigs and cause serious reproductive issues in breeding stock ...

The PRRS virus can easily spread in factory farms in the US and cause the inability to conceive, increase the number of stillborn pigs, and trigger respiratory complications, including pneumonia.