Swine infections found in the UK have spread to the US and Canada
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Last Update: 2001-11-20
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Lead: Reuters news U.S government officials said Friday that 40% of pigs in the UK have been infected with the new PMWS disease, which has spread to livestock in the United States and Canada in the past seven years, but not widely The PMWS disease found by British scientists could cause 300000 pigs to be slaughtered in the UK According to the U.S Department of agriculture, the disease was first found among pigs in Canada in 1994 and spread to the United States, generally infected with pigs aged 6-14 weeks The U.S Department of Agriculture said it did not have accurate data on the disease, but last year Iowa State University detected 470 PMWS cases in 5480 farms
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