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Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Egg antibodies bolster weaned pigs' performance
When weaned pigs are separated from the sow, moved into a new environment, mixed with other litters, and switch to a solid diet, they undergo a lot of stress. Hence their feed intake will be significantly lower, which leads to an excess of ...
Thursday, November 21, 2019
No fat pigs here. Only Olympic athletes! How livestock genetics transformed swine and boosted their productivity
The genetic engineering of livestock is agribusiness's most misunderstood technological frontier. Shortly after animals were domesticated 10,500 years ago, farmers noticed some swine, poultry or cattle yielded more meat, milk, eggs or offsp ...
Monday, November 11, 2019
Australia creates new position to deal with feral pigs as ASF threat mounts
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Monday, October 21, 2019
Roslin Institute explores producing more meat from pigs through genes studies
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Wednesday, October 16, 2019
South Korea to shoot dead infected African Swine Flu pigs coming from North Korea
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Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Precision delivery coated butyrate: tackling Salmonella in pigs while increasing performance
In the swine industry, Salmonella may be present during the entire production life cycle in pigs and disseminated in faeces for several weeks or months without signs of clinical diseases. When Salmonella is present in the gastro-intestinal ...
Monday, October 7, 2019
Rocked by ASF outbreak, China's farmers now want to raise bigger pigs
Stung by the African swine fever outbreak that had wiped out 25% of China's pork production, some Chinese farmers are now looking to breed bigger - if, not more - pigs, according to a Bloomberg report.
Friday, September 27, 2019
CP in China plans to raise 10 million pigs a year by 2021
C.P. Pokphand Co, one of China's top five swine producers, is accelerating its business expansion, the company's chief executive told Reuters.
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Coated calcium butyrate protects weaning pigs from diarrhea
Butyrate, a short chain fatty acid (C4), is produced by microbial fermentation in the large intestine of humans and animals. It serves not only as a primary nutrient that provides energy to colonocytes, but also as a cellular mediator regul ...
Friday, August 30, 2019
China's Re-booted Poultry Sector, Version 2.0: Rising chickens, falling pigs and new eating trends
African Swine Fever is re-launching China's once vibrant poultry sector –and radically restructuring the eating habits of a traditionally red meat eating nation.
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Bulgaria to cull 8,253 pigs after sixth farm struck by African swine fever
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Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Lallemand's yeast probiotic for pigs approved for use in EU
Lallemand has announced that its live yeast probiotic strain Saccharomyces cerevisiae boulardii CNCM I-1079 (LEVUCELL SB) is now authorised as a feed additive for use in all pigs in the EU.
Monday, June 3, 2019
Lallemand's yeast probiotic for pigs approved for use in EU
Lallemand has announced that its live yeast probiotic strain Saccharomyces cerevisiae boulardii CNCM I-1079 (LEVUCELL SB) is now authorised as a feed additive for use in all pigs in the EU.
Monday, June 3, 2019
Hong Kong to put down 4,700 pigs after second ASF case
Hong Kong will put down 4,700 pigs following the discovery of African swine fever (ASF) at a slaughterhouse near to the border with China, AFP reported.
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
More than 1.2 million pigs culled as Vietnam deals with swine fever
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