February 5, 2008

Finland discovers first case of PMWS
 

Finnish National Food Administration, EVIRA, has announced that the first case of PMWS (Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome) has been confirmed in Finland.

The disease, which has never affected Finland, was found in weaned piglets on a farm in Western Finland.

The circovirus causing the disease has been present in Finland for some time, but symptoms of the disease itself have never showed up until now.

The Finnish authorities will not impose any measures for the time being. The hog industry along with the National Animal Health Care (ETU) and the Association for Animal Disease Control, are handling the control of PMWS.