According to the SSE calculated for the main survey (2001), the overall probability of observing at least one infected herd based on survey sampling was 91.2% with a predefined HP of 0.1%. It was estimated by the simulation model that truly infected animals and herds could not be detected by the 2001 survey at the 99% confidence level since, at a 1% percentile, no true positive animals were predicted to have been included in the survey.
The probability of freedom from PRRS increased in 2001 from a prior median value of 89.3% (83.5% - 93.8%, 2.5th and 97.5th perc.) to a posterior value of 99.2% (97.7% - 99.7%). After the 2004 survey, the probability of freedom from PRRS reached a value of 99.7% (99.8% - 99.9%). It can be concluded that the pig industry in Switzerland is free of PRRS virus.