Pig vets are being urged to look out for a new disease syndrome associated with a new parvovirus variant found in pigs on a number of farms in the Netherlands and a single breeding farm in Denmark. The key clinical features seen in multiple pigs are bilateral exophthalmos (bulging eyes), strabismus (eyes point in different directions), generalised skin reddening, skin wrinkling and alopecia, and reduced growth. Some pigs show respiratory signs, APHA advised in an update on its Emerging & Endemic Disease Alert System (EEDAS). It said the first two clinical signs are ‘unusual and striking’, and their occurrence in…