{"id":307706,"date":"2026-01-28T08:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T08:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/307706\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T08:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T08:47:11","slug":"unmasking-prrs-infections-lessons-from-danish-modelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/307706\/","title":{"rendered":"Unmasking PRRS infections: Lessons from Danish modelling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img width=\"848\" height=\"565\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PRRS-1-848x565.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-single-post size-single-post wp-post-image\" alt=\"PRRS infections\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>PRRS virus is able to spread from farm to farm, which is why it is necessary to have a good overview of Denmark\u2019s pig farms in relation to where infections are happening. Photo: Mark Pasveer<\/p>\n<p>As is well-known, Denmark is well on the way to free the country from Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) virus. This is obviously easier said than done. Several lessons can be drawn from Denmark\u2019s approach, but one thing is clear: measuring data and transparency are key.Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) has been challenging the Danish pig industry for more than three decades. Even with the Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) system in place, the virus continues to<\/p>\n<p>Get full access to all stories on Pig Progress<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-title\">This Premium article is exclusively available for subscribers<\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">Obtain insights from exclusive interviews<\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">Dive into articles covering trending industry topics<\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">Get a glimpse into pig farms worldwide<\/p>\n<p> All the news is brought to you by experienced editors and experts from around the<br \/>\n world <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/6Cfpv0t.png\" title=\"source: imgur.com\" alt=\"Redacteur 1\" width=\"56\" height=\"56\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">Vincent<br \/>ter Beek<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/N1IdEhO.png\" title=\"source: imgur.com\" alt=\"Redacteur 2\" width=\"56\" height=\"56\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">Kees van<br \/>Dooren<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fck1euC.png\" alt=\"Redacteur 3\" width=\"56\" height=\"56\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">Treena<br \/>Hein<\/p>\n<p> <img width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/You-Chang-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-image-1-1 size-image-1-1\" alt=\"Chang\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/> <a class=\"name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pigprogress.net\/author\/you-chang\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">You Chang<\/a> Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Copenhagen (KU), Denmark<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PRRS virus is able to spread from farm to farm, which is why it is necessary to have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307707,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[78],"tags":[18,135,19,17,33218],"class_list":["post-307706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-eire","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-prrs"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115971860511974055","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}