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Photo: Casey Bradley

17-04-2018 | News

US pig industry unites to address sow mortality

Simple procedures like cleaning (middle pair) and disinfecting (right pair) your boots have huge impact on the amount of bacteria that gets transferred between production stages. Photo: Prof Jeroen Dewulf

16-04-2018 | Expert opinion

Pig farm biosecurity, are we doing it right? Ask Jeroen!

A better climate quality is better for pig welfare as well as pig health. Photo: Henk Riswick

14-04-2018 | News

Measuring climate quality inside pig buildings

Pig Progress 3: Focus on health and piglets

13-04-2018 | News

Pig Progress 3: Focus on health and piglets

Pig feed or feedstuffs may harbour pig viruses as well, which can stay there during transport. Photo: Hans Prinsen

12-04-2018 | News

Many pig viruses can survive in feed transport

A horseshoe bat, photographed in the Czech Republic. Photo: Dreamstime

07-04-2018 | News

How bats have an influence on swine health

Developments in China s pig industry are occurring very rapidly. This nine-storey pig house near Guigang, Guangxi province, will be opened in April 2018. Photo: Henk Riswick

06-04-2018 | Article

Rapid changes in China’s pig business

FMD is highly contagious for pigs and all cloven-hoofed animals. Photo: Central Veterinary Institute, the Netherlands

31-03-2018 | News

FMD returns to South Korea’s pig herd

A 9-storey sow house under construction near Guigang, China. Photo: Henk Riswick

30-03-2018 | News

Why build multi-storey pig houses?

The facial recognition tool was launched at a press conference in Guangzhou, China. Photo: Henk Riswick

24-03-2018 | News

Yingzi launches facial recognition technology in pigs