PMWS Possibility in South Island
NEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand Pork Industry Board is investigating the cause of a series of pig health problems on a cluster of farms Central Canterbury.

Increase in Finisher Mortality
UK - A quick email survey of pig vet specialists suggests that finisher mortality rates have increased this winter and in particular the number of sudden deaths in otherwise “good” pigs.

Agriculture minister says Quebec and Ontario monitoring serious pig disease
CANADA - The new federal agriculture minister is concerned about a "serious" illness which has killed hundreds of thousands of pigs in Quebec and has also shown up in Ontario. Chuck Strahl discussed the impact of the illness called post-weaning...

Just as progress is being made on PRRS, another “mystery” disease surfaces.
US - The newest “mystery disease” is PMWS, or postweaning multi-systemic wasting syndrome. It shares many features with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS):

PMWS and PDNS in the UK
UK - Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) Quarterly Surveillance report on PMWS and PDNS from October to December 2005.

Higher incidence of hog circovirus raises concerns in US
US - There have been increased concerns recently about reports of higher incidence of the swine disease postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome, commonly known as PMWS, caused by a circovirus, in the US, with some of the cases reportedly resulting...

Danish pig shipments pose PRRS theat to high-health Swedish herd
UK - PMWS and PRRS now represent a significant threat to Swedish pig production.

PMWS and PDNS in the UK
UK - Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) Quarterly Surveillance report on PMWS and PDNS from July - September 2005

PMWS Increasing in Sweden
SWEDEN - Outbreaks of PWMS (Postweaning Multisystematic Wasting Syndrome) in Sweden are on the rise. Swedish farmers fear that the spread of PWMS will lead to the introduction of a parallel virius, PRRS (Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome),...

Control of Porcine Circovirus Diseases (PCVDs)
EU - The EU Sixth Framework project on porcine circovirus disease (PCVD) initiated in December 2004 is now fully operational. The project is being delivered by a multidisciplinary consortium from academia and industry with a total of 15 partners from...

Scientists make international bid to tame PMWS
UK - Fifteen organisations from North America and the European Union, with a budget of over ?4m, are searching for ways to control PMWS and other porcine circovirus diseases.

PMWS Disease Remains Focus For Pork Industry
AUSTRALIA - Disease prevention will remain the focus of the Australian pork industry following today's refusal by the High Court to hear the industry's appeal against new quarantine protocols for imported pig meat.

Australia free of incurable pig disease: PMWS
AUSTRALIA - Australia has been declared free of an incurable pig disease feared to have found its way into a herd in South Australia. Pork producers welcomed the outcome but have vowed to continue fighting against rising levels of pig meat imports...

Follow-up report on pig disease investigations in Australia
AUSTRALIA - 'You will recall my letter of 6 Jul 2005, in which I reported on investigations being undertaken by state veterinary authorities into incidents potentially involving the disease "post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome"...

PMWS and PDNS in the UK
UK - Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) Quarterly Surveillance report on PMWS and PDNS from April ? June 2005