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Thursday, October 10, 2024
Innovation in Formaldehyde-Free Feed Disinfectant: Strengthen Feed Biosecurity and Protect Animals from Pathogen Infection
In modern livestock farming, a robust biosecurity program is crucial for ensuring healthy animals and safe food production. Feed safety is a vital component of biosecurity management. Feed and feed ingredients have been identified as key tr ...
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Displaced workers in Cebu, Philippines village get hog-raising assistance package
A total of 100 displaced workers in a remote village in Cebu, the Philippines, had received a hog-raising livelihood assistance package from the Philippine government, a labor official said on October 2.
Monday, October 7, 2024
Philippine hog producers seek for emergency use authorisation of ASF vaccine
Hog farmers and swine industry groups in the Philippines asked the country's agriculture secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. to push for an emergency use authorization (EUA) of a Vietnamese African swine fever (ASF) vaccine.
Monday, October 7, 2024
Philippines lawmaker supports proposal to supply free ASF vaccine shots to backyard hog farmers
A lawmaker in the Philippines last week backed a proposal from the Philippines' hog industry to provide free African swine fever (ASF) vaccine shots to the hogs of backyard growers.
Friday, October 4, 2024
Smithfield's hog production now lower by about 20% following reduction of farm operations in US
Smithfield Foods has reduced its hog production by about 20% by cutting farm operations in multiple US states, the world's largest pork processor said on September 27.
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Cargill's broiler trial with Indian university leads to better growth, lower pathogen levels from animal nutrition
Cargill, through its work leading the USAID-funded TRANSFORM project, has partnered with West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences in India on a broiler trial that resulted in enhanced growth performance, improved vaccine effica ...
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Philippine hog, poultry farmers call for more attention to solutions that reduce prices of key agricultural inputs
Hog and poultry farmers in the Philippines are urging the country's Department of Agriculture (DA) to prioritise solutions that will lower the prices of vital agricultural inputs.
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Philippines' Department of Agriculture still confident of ASF vaccine despite deaths of vaccinated hogs
The Philippines' Department of Agriculture (DA) last week expressed confidence in the efficacy of the AVAC live vaccine against African swine fever (ASF) after five fatalities and one morbidity out of the 41 vaccinated hogs were reported in ...
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
China Securities Regulatory Commission permits registrations of hog options on Dalian Commodity Exchange
The China Securities Regulatory Commission has approved the registrations of hog options on the Dalian Commodity Exchange.
Monday, September 9, 2024
Philippine hog raiser groups call for expediting ASF vaccination of pigs
Hog raiser groups in the Philippines on September 4 called on the country's Department of Agriculture (DA) to hasten the vaccination of pigs against African swine fever (ASF) to prevent further losses in the swine industry.
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Negros Occidental, Philippines begins swine distribution to recover hog population
The provincial government of Negros Occidental, Philippines, has initiated the distribution of locally produced breeder swine to repopulate herds after significant losses due to transboundary animal diseases over the past year, Philippine N ...
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
More than 70 million hogs, pigs in US as of June 1
There were 74.5 million hogs and pigs across US swine production systems as of June 1.
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Washington State University laboratory awarded US$1.5 million grant to track respiratory pathogens
The Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (WADDL) at Washington State University (WSU), US, has received a US$1.5 million grant to identify and monitor respiratory pathogens in the US Pacific Northwest that have the potential to s ...
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Western Visayas, Philippines, sees 22.7% drop in hog production, other livestock outputs rise last year
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) released its 2023 livestock and poultry statistics for Western Visayas, highlighting significant shifts in production levels among various animal types.
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Authorities in China approve domestic breeding system for fast-growing hog
Chinese authorities have recently approved a homegrown breeding system for a fast-growing hog type called Lansi pig, China Daily reported.

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