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,...

New Weapons Now Available for the War Against Circovirus Type 2 (PMWS)
CANADA - Farm-Scape: Episode 2103. Farm-Scape is a Wonderworks Canada production and is distributed courtesy of Manitoba Pork Council and Sask Pork.

Urgent Biosecurity Measures Called For In New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND - The Chairman of the New Zealand Pork Industry Board, Chris Trengrove, is urging pork producers to apply stringent biosecurity measures on their farms to help prevent the spread of PMWS (Post-Weaning Multi-Systemic Wasting Syndrome).

MAF Seeks Animal Disease-Causing Organisms
NEW ZEALAND - Agricultural officials will today asked an environmental regulator for wide-ranging generic approval to import ``bacteria'' involved in animal disease. The broad application includes bacteria causing serious animal illnesses such...

Wasting disease takes toll on Canada pork industry
CANADA - A chronic illness that is killing hogs in Eastern Canada is taking a heavy toll on pork producers, Canadian Pork Council president Clare Schlegel said on Tuesday.

Demand Brisk in Canada for New Porcine Circovrus Type 2 Vaccine
CANADA - Farm-Scape: Episode 2100. Farm-Scape is a Wonderworks Canada production and is distributed courtesy of Manitoba Pork Council and Sask Pork.

New Vaccine Offers Protection Against PMWS
CANADA - Farm-Scape: Episode 2099. Farm-Scape is a Wonderworks Canada production and is distributed courtesy of Manitoba Pork Council and Sask Pork.

Virulent pig bug slashing hog herds
ONTARIO - A virulent new strain of a common pig virus is wreaking havoc on Ontario hog herds. Tens of thousands of hogs have been removed from farms by deadstock companies this winter and last year. They are victims of a new strain of porcine circovirus...

Fork out money, hog farmers say
OTTAWA - Much to the relief of local farmers, a virulent new strain of a common pig virus that's wreaked havoc on southwestern Ontario and Quebec hog farms has yet to hit the Ottawa area. The virus has wiped out up to half the herds of some...

Pork Checkoff Advises Producer Caution Over PMWS
US - A new strain of Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome (PMWS) could be headed to the United States. PMWS is a disease that affects pigs four to six weeks after they move into the grow-to-finish phase. Although a form of the disease...

PMWS Hits Hard
NEW ZEALAND - Tim Cronshaw looks at what an outbreak of weaner- wasting syndrome means for Canterbury pig farmers. Waitangi Day weekend will go down in the memory of West Melton pig farmer Chris Trengrove for the worst of reasons. The farmer...

PMWS research second of Pork Checkoff swine health research priorities in 2006
US - Postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome, or PMWS, research is near the top of the Pork Checkoff’s list of funding priorities in the area of swine health in 2006.

Meeting on pig wasting disease
NEW ZEALAND - The Pork Industry Board will meet with Canterbury pig farmers this week, to discuss how they can protect themselves against an outbreak of pig wasting disease. Canterbury had previously been free of the killer disease, Post-Weaning...

PMWS research second of Pork Checkoff swine health research priorities in 2006
US - Postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome, or PMWS, research is near the top of the Pork Checkoff’s list of funding priorities in the area of swine health in 2006.

PMWS Believed Killing Piglets in New Zealand: Professor
NEW ZEALAND - An animal health expert investigating a mystery disease outbreak among pigs in southern New Zealand said Wednesday the disease is "almost certainly" a viral infection that can kill piglets. The suspected outbreak of post-weaning...

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.