health

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

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?

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

Dr Pearse Lyons speaking during the opening session of the 2006 Alltech International Symposium. Photo: Alltech

09-03-2018 | News

Dr Pearse Lyons, Alltech president and founder, dies at 73

Photo: Shutterstock

25-02-2018 | News

New: Gene catalogue of pig gut microbiome