Market Preview: Circovirus uncertainties; slow expansion continues
US - Weekly U.S. Market Preview w/e 29th September, provided by Steve R. Meyer, Ph.D., Paragon Economics, Inc.

New Vaccines Accelerate Reduction of Porcine Circo Virus Associated Disease Related Mortality
CANADA - Farm-Scape: Episode 2256. Farm-Scape is a Wonderworks Canada production and is distributed courtesy of Manitoba Pork Council and Sask Pork.

New Porcine Circo Virus Associated Disease Vaccines Appear to be Working
CANADA - Farm-Scape: Episode 2255. Farm-Scape is a Wonderworks Canada production and is distributed courtesy of Manitoba Pork Council and Sask Pork.

New Vaccines Winning the War Against Major Swine Disease
CANADA - Farm-Scape: Episode 2254. Farm-Scape is a Wonderworks Canada production and is distributed courtesy of Manitoba Pork Council and Sask Pork.

Pork Commentary: You Gotta Believe - Hogs in the 70’s in late August
CANADA - This weeks North American Pork Commentary from Jim Long.

PMWS and PDNS in the UK
UK - Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) Quarterly Surveillance report on PMWS and PDNS from January to March 2006.

Circovirus Grips Industry
US - Producers and veterinarians alike are struggling to find ways to manage a tiny, common swine virus, and understand why it is suddenly creating havoc in a growing number of U.S. finishing barns.

Researchers Create Vaccine for PMWS
VIRGINIA - Researchers working in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine’s Center for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Virginia Tech with funding support from Fort Dodge Animal Health Inc. have developed a vaccine...

Hog Report: Breeding Herd Productivity Stalls - PMWS ?
US - The most recent quarterly inventory report released by USDA reveals a US hog herd that has grown modestly over the past year. says Brian Roe, Associate Professor at OSU, AEDE.

Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome (PMWS) update from U.S.
US - A preconference workshop focused on Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome (PMWS) was held at the American Association of Swine Veterinarians’ annual meeting in Kansas City, Mo.

Vaccine Sought For Pig-Wasting Disease
NEW ZEALAND - Scientists hope to be closer to finding a vaccine for the pig-wasting disease that struck Mid-Canterbury piggeries two months ago.

New virus threatens hog profits
IOWA - A newly activated virus sweeping through hog country is the wild card for continued pork profits, according to a veteran hog industry analyst.

Pig farmers tighten stock movement because of PMWS
NEW ZEALAND - Pig farmers have become a lot more focused on biosecurity as they learn to live with the pig wasting disease PMWS, which has infected herds in the South Island as well as several farms in the North island.

Cause Of Pig Disease Still Unknown
NEW ZEALAND - Animal health researchers at Massey University are hoping to unravel the mystery of what causes the pig disease, PMWS, which has struck pig herds in the North and South Island.

Good Management Best Defense Against PMWS
CANADA - Farm-Scape: Episode 2104. Farm-Scape is a Wonderworks Canada production and is distributed courtesy of Manitoba Pork Council and Sask Pork.