WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES) renewed funding last week for the Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) Coordinated Agricultural Project.
The agency will invest invest $4.8 million over the next four years to reduce animal suffering and decrease economic losses from PRRS, which affects 60 percent of U.S. swine herds and costs the swine industry $580 million annually.