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Saturday, July 4, 2020
Studies show pigs ideal for evaluating flu antibody therapies
The Pirbright Institute, in collaboration with Inovio Pharmaceuticals, has carried out studies that show pigs can be used to assess whether influenza antibody therapies are effective, National Hog Farmer reported.
Thursday, July 2, 2020
BIOMIN joins US$6.8 million research for alternatives to veterinary antimicrobials for pigs
BIOMIN has recently announced its involvement in a five-year, €6 million (US$6.8 million) EU-backed research consortium effort to decrease the application of antibiotics in pigs.
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
DanBred delivers biggest order of pigs to China
DanBred had chartered three cargo aircraft, delivering a total of 2,200 pure bred breeding animals to China at the end of May, the pig breeding company said.
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Ukrainian meat body reveals programme to revive local pig industry
Ukraine's Meat Industry Association, a union of 20 top meat processing companies, has unveiled a major investment project to reinvigorate the country's pig farming sector.
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Nigeria's farmers cull thousands of pigs
Farmers in Nigeria have killed thousands of pigs due to ASF infections that affected the region's largest market for the animal, BNN Bloomberg reported.
Monday, June 22, 2020
Building resilient pigs and sustainable environments
The impending phase-out of the use of zinc oxide (ZnO) in the European Union (EU) taking effect in 2021 creates a challenge for producers who will be raising healthy piglets without ZnO. Anticipating this shift away from ZnO, the industry i ...
Thursday, June 18, 2020
CPF promotes biogas production at all pig farms in Thailand
Charoen Pokphand Foods PLC (CPF) is geared towards renewable energy consumption through biogas production at all pig farms in Thailand for long-term energy security as well as maximum energy efficiency under the Circular Economy concept, th ...
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Nor-Feed: Improving ileitis and swine dysentery management in fattening pigs
Nor-Feed is a French company dedicated to plant extract for animal nutrition since 2003. Nor-Feed has developed various standardized and natural products to improve animal welfare and to reduce antibiotics with a strong scientific approach.
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
WEDA's Nutrix system supports optimal piglet feeding
WEDA Dammann & Westerkamp has developed the Nutrix piglet feeding system to support the optimal feeding of piglets.
Saturday, June 13, 2020
African swine fever destroys 300,000 Nigerian pigs
Nigeria has confirmed an outbreak of African swine fever in the largest pig farm co-operative in the south-west of the country, killing around 300,000 pigs, said farmer Ayo Omirin, BBC reported.
Thursday, June 11, 2020
China to construct industrial pig farms
China will add about 200 million pigs by building new farms around the country to restore output after the African swine fever (ASF) outbreak that started in 2018 decimated its herds, Reuters reported.
Saturday, June 6, 2020
Switzerland discovers fatal bacterial infection in pigs
Researchers from three faculties at the University of Bern in Switzerland has revealed how newborn piglets may die painfully from infection with the bacterium Clostridium perfringens, which causes fatal intestinal bleeding, Feedstuffs repor ...
Thursday, June 4, 2020
Level of antibiotic use in UK pig industry remains unchanged in 2019
The level of antibiotic use in the UK pigs remained unchanged in 2019 despite significant disease challenges, according to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board.
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
South Africa proposes social distancing for pigs
The South African government suggests to pig owners that they should implement a form of social distancing for their herds, and should also look to the human coronavirus response as basis on other measures, Business Insider reported.
Friday, May 29, 2020
Vietnam kills 4,000 pigs as ASF returns
After the fatal disease makes a comeback in Vietnam, the country had to dispose over 4,000 pigs infected with African swine fever (ASF) this year, VN Express reported.

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