Health/Nutrition

The health and welfare of weaner pigs were found to be hardly affected by the removal of in-feed antibiotics. The pigs on this picture did not take part in these trials. Photo: Bert Jansen

19-03-2018 | News

Are in-feed antibiotics necessary for weaner pigs?

Supplementation of zinc at a pharmacological dose in the form of zinc oxide is practised in nursery pigs, helping to decrease the incidence of post-weaning scouring. Photo: Ronald Hissink

16-03-2018 | Article

The six different roles of zinc in pigs

The event in Brussels drew 75 pig nutrition experts from all over Europe. Photo: Vincent ter Beek

15-03-2018 | News

Methionine in the spotlight at Adisseo pig event

Pig Progress 2 analyses sow mortality issue

14-03-2018 | News

Pig Progress 2 analyses sow mortality issue

Feral swine in the USA do not appear to be a reservoir for PRRS virus.

11-03-2018 | News

US feral swine unlikely to be PRRS reservoir

ASF: An ever-growing problem for Russia and Ukraine. Photo: Petr Satran, Czech State Veterinary Administration

10-03-2018 | News

ASF: An ever-growing problem for Russia and Ukraine

The effect of temperature on e.g. feed intake is most at the end of the post-weaning period. Photo: Dreamstime

09-03-2018 | Article

Feeding can provide but also cost energy

Gene editing allows a change to a single letter in the DNA by an enzyme that cuts DNA, copied from a natural bacterial defence system. Illustration: Dreamstime

07-03-2018 | Article

Can gene editing solve the castration issue?

Denmark aims for 1.5 million pigs without antibiotics

03-03-2018 | News

Denmark aims for 1.5 million pigs without antibiotics

Number of ASF cases increasing rapidly in Poland. Photo: Petr Satran, Czech State Veterinary Administration

01-03-2018 | News

Number of ASF cases increasing rapidly in Poland

08:00 | Article

Pig farming sent Salmonella around the world

04-03 | Article

Dynamics of the ASEAN meat industry

Chinese probe to EU pork dumping still ongoing, no measures yet