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

Pork producers allowed to pursue case in quarantine fight
AUSTRALIA - The High Court will allow Australian Pork Limited (APL) to pursue its case against quarantine measures for imported pig meat. The pork industry wants to overturn a decision by the Federal Government to allow imports from countries...

Aussie Pork producers in court challenge over quarantine protocols for pig meat
AUSTRALIA - The pork industry's national representative body, Australian Pork Limited (APL) has announced today that it will launch a High Court challenge of the Government's new quarantine protocols for pigmeat.

PMWS Pig Research Boost For NI
NORTHERN IRELAND - Farming Life has learnt that Northern Ireland's leading position in researching the link between PCV2 (Porcine CircoVirus 2) and the development of PMWS (Post-weaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome) is to be further enhanced in...

Pig meat ban attempt fails
AUSTRALIA - Attempts by pork producers to stop the importation of pig meat from countries affected by Post-Weaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome (PMWS) have failed. The full bench of the Federal Court has upheld an appeal by the Director of...

Biosecurity Australia must do better: agency boss
AUSTRALIA - Biosecurity Australia (BA), the agency responsible for import protocols, admits it will take time and hard work to regain the confidence of rural Australia. Farmers are angry over the approval of beef imports from Brazil, where there...

Pork producers clash with quarantine watchdog
AUSTRALIA - After months of building tension, a row boiled over this morning between pork producers and Australia's quarantine watchdog. Earlier this year producers won a legal battle against Biosecurity Australia over its decision to recommend...