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.

Co-Factors Play Huge Role in Circovirus-Associated Disease
NORTH AMERICA - Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) has been present in the world's pig population a long time. So why is the virus now being blamed for so many mortalities in the Midwest, the Southeast and parts of Canada?

Eastern Canada Hit Hard
CANADA - Between the fall of 2004 and the spring of 2005, finishing units in Quebec were hit hard by disease characterized by wasting, anemic pigs showing respiratory distress, diarrhea, ulcers and dermatitis nephropathy syndrome between 13-18 weeks of...

Easily Confused With Ileitis
US - Clinically, PCV2 is easily confused with ileitis. Observations in the U.S. indicate circovirus is linked to enteric effects, according to Dr. John Kolb, biologics manager for Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.

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 to...

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 Research Program Targets Porcine Circovirus
US - Porcine Circovirus Associated Diseases (PCVAD) such as PMWS and PDNS have been wreaking havoc in Europe for a number of years now, and are becoming a growing threat to the North American industry. In an effort to share information on the subject,...

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.

New Ileitis vaccine produces dramatic performance lift, helps PMWS
EU - In just four months, the use of a vaccine to control ileitis in a 550-sow herd has increased piglets’ average daily weight gain by 35%, cut mortality by more than 60% and improved the uniformity of carcase weights, leading to better prices. It has...

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.

Pig Mortality From PCV-2 Virus Bears Watching
US - A recent increase in mortality in growing and finishing pigs associated with porcine circovirus type 2 infections has prompted veterinarians to urge pork producers to be on the alert for the possibility in their own herds. Dr. Peter Bahnson,...