Health

Pork for sale in a supermarket. It remains to be seen if pork will continue to be plentiful in US retail shops due to Covid-19. - Photo: Shutterstock

15-04-2020 | Article

Covid-19: Smithfield shuts US pork plant indefinitely

A healthy wild boar, spotted in a forest. - Photo: Shutterstock

15-04-2020 | Article

ASF Poland: Why the virus can roam freely in Western Poland

Inside the pig house the examination starts with getting a general impression. Photo: Roodbont

14-04-2020 | Article

How to do a clinical pig examination?

One of the FLI locations in Insel Riems, in Northern Germany. - Photo: Vincent ter Beek

09-04-2020 | Article

Pigs and poultry are not susceptible for SARS-CoV-2

In the long run, the sun is shining for China's pig industry. Picture taken at a pig production project in Liaoning province. - Photo: Vincent ter Beek

08-04-2020 | Article

China’s pig industry will rise like a phoenix

Photo: Henk Riswick

07-04-2020 | News

ASF Poland: 2nd farm confirmed infected in the west

This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (orange) isolated from a patient in the US, emerging from the surface of cells (brown) cultured in the lab. Illustration: NIAID-RML

06-04-2020 | News

Pigs used to test potential vaccines to coronavirus

Photo: Lina Mur

01-04-2020 | News

ASF also confirmed in Papua New Guinea

Professor Arjan Stegeman, Utrecht University. Photo: Ton Kastermans

01-04-2020 | Interview

Interview: Transfer of Covid-19 to pigs is unlikely

Although Covid-19 does not affect pigs, for various reasons, pig farms need to be aware what role they can play to keep the effects of the coronavirus as small as possible. Illustration: Shutterstock

30-03-2020 | News

3 key strategies for pig farms in times of Covid-19

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Photo: Van Assendelft

07-12-2020 | Article

Focus on a good start

Photo: Ruben Keestra

07-12-2020 | Article

Understanding the function of the ruminal microbiome

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