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DuPont News, December 26, 2007

Animal Health Solutions Targets Swine Disease in China

Seminar attendees learn about the importance of disease prevention and control.
Seminar attendees learn about the importance of disease prevention and control.
Addressing concerns about the spread of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), also known as Blue-Ear Pig Disease, DuPont Animal Health Solutions (DAHS) and the Guangdong Swine Industry Association recently co-hosted a seminar in Shenzhen, China, to stress the importance of disease prevention and control.  

The seminar highlighted effective biosecurity procedures, protocols and techniques that can be put into place to help eradicate PPRS within the Chinese swine production industry.  Sri_Nhonghang Supornchai, technical and market development manager, DuPont Chemical Solutions Enterprise, Asia Pacific, discussed the importance of biosecurity.

DAHS provides a biosecurity-programmed approach to hygiene, developed over many years of research and collaboration with leading swine producing companies worldwide.  Its powerful virucidal disinfectant Virkon® S acts as an effective method against the introduction of the PRRS virus into a pig herd.