Re: PMWS - Finland


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Swine Health: First Case Of PMWS In Finland (CattleNetwork.com)

January 31st, 2008

In December 2007, the Finnish National Food Administration, EVIRA,
announced that the first case of PMWS (Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting
Syndrome) has been confirmed in Finland. The disease was found in weaned
piglets on a farm in Western Finland.

Pat's Note: Some more information in respect of PMWS in Finland. The report
is not detailed but it does suggest the presence of "old" PMWS (probably the
Canada 1991 strain) which was not harmless but not so severe, earlier.

It now looks as if Finland are experiencing the onset of the more severe
strain. Britain and NZ had much the same experience, but in the latter case
one to each island.


http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=194507

Swine Health: First Case Of PMWS In Finland

In December 2007, the Finnish National Food Administration, EVIRA, announced
that the first case of PMWS (Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome) has
been confirmed in Finland. The disease was found in weaned piglets on a farm
in Western Finland. PMWS was first observed in Canada in 1991 and has since
then spread to most pig-producing countries of the world, including Finland's
neighboring country Sweden. Sweden reported its first case in 2003. Finland
has, however, been spared from the disease until now. The circovirus that
causes the disease has, indeed, been present in Finland for some time, but
it has never caused symptoms typical for the disease.

PMWS normally affects piglets between 6 and 14 weeks of age. Symptoms
include chronic wasting, respiratory distress, diarrhea, poor coordination
and jaundice. There is no effective treatment for this virus and mortality
rates are high.

Finnish authorities will not impose any measures due to this finding. The
industry, together with the National Animal Health Care (ETU) and the
Association for Animal Disease Control, is handling the control of the
disease.

PG



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