OIE Virtual Event: Diagnosis and Control of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome

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Pigs play an important role in the livelihoods of rural and peri-urban populations in Asia. The transboundary animal diseases are the major pig diseases that have affected pig production system in Asia for many years. Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) is considered to be one of the swine diseases with the big economic impact for the pork industry at the global and regional level, generating large losses to the commercial sector and also threatening backyard farmers’ livelihoods. Control and elimination of PRRS would alleviate economic losses and animal suffering and reduce multifactorial diseases involving PRRSV.

Since 2014, OIE RRAP in collaboration with FAO has organized several regional workshops on swine disease prevention and control, with focuses on sharing swine disease control strategies, experiences in the field and identification of regional priorities and gaps. The workshop identified the lack of well-trained technical staff as the main constraint on swine disease prevention and control and suggested OIE Reference Centres continue their involvement and support of regional capacity building activities, especially on laboratory diagnosis and disease control measures.

As part of the action response to improve capacity building on swine disease control in the Asian Pacific region, the OIE RRAP—in collaboration with OIE Reference laboratories(RLs)—has organised a series of laboratory hands-on training to regional Members since 2015. As a follow-up to the previous hands-on training and noting the PRRS is an endemic disease causing important economic losses to pig industry in Asia, the OIE RRAP in collaboration with OIE RL for PRRS, China Animal Disease Control Center (CADC), organised the “Virtual Event: Diagnosis and Control of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome”. This two-day meeting focused on: 1) share information about the current status of PRRS and other swine diseases (PRRS, CSF, ASF and PED) in the region; and 2) enhance diagnosis and control capacity on PRRS and other swine diseases in Asia and Pacific region.

About 35 participants from Cambodia, Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam participated in the meeting.

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