Postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome in pigs in Venezuela.

SIR, – Porcine multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) was initially identified and reported in pig herds in Canada a decade ago ([Harding 1996][1]); since then, it has been described worldwide, including Argentina, Brazil and Mexico in Latin America ([Trujano and others 2001][2], [Zanella and