POST-WEANING MULTISYSTEMIC WASTING SYNDROME (PMWS) IN PUREBRED WILD BOAR (SUS SCROFA) ON A FARM IN EAST ANGLIA
N.G.A. Woodger

Abstract
Post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) was diagnosed in farmed Wild Boar in East Anglia. This involved an overstocked unit, resulting from movement restrictions following the 2001 Foot-and-Mouth disease epidemic.
A severe wasting disease with scouring, coughing and anorexia was first noticed in growing pigs from 3-4 months of age, in April 2003. There was a marked increase in mortality, which approached 50 per cent of all growing pigs. This paper describes the background, laboratory findings and conclusions leading to the diagnosis of PMWS and other diseases after post-mortems on seven affected pigs. Possible sources and the impact of management changes are discussed.
Several reports of PMWS in Eurasian Wild Boar in Canada, Spain and Germany are recorded; but this would appear to be the first report of PMWS in farmed purebred Wild Boar in the UK.

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