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Dr. Gaurav Rawal: Is your PRRS positive test from a live vaccine or from a wild type?

Aug 19, 2022

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Video: Dr. Gaurav Rawal: Is your PRRS positive test from a live vaccine or from a wild type?

Modified live virus vaccines are one of the best ways to prevent and control PRRSV today, but PRRS cases continue to be a problem. When testing for PRRSV though, its hard to tell if a positive test is from the live vaccine or from the wild type. In this episode Dr. Guarav Rawal talks about his MLV vaccine specific PCR assay that can detect the presence of a vaccine virus in a sample and what that can mean for the swine industry.