Agile amino acids for piglet gut health In the context of reducing antibiotic and zinc oxide use, the spotlight is now on piglet gut health. Reducing...
Curly tails, great health and 1kg daily growth In Finland, tail docking was banned 17 years ago. The Finnish pig industry has had to developed methods to...
UK’s University of Leeds opens National Pig Centre The University of Leeds in the United Kingdom recently opened the National Pig Centre, which comes with...
3 Steps to fight post-weaning diarrhoea It is well-known that post-weaning diarrhoea in piglets is a multifactorial problem. Tackling that without the...
ASF Poland: Virus 40km from Germany African Swine Fever has made another move in Poland creeping closer to the German border. An update by the...
All about sows, udders and MMA (part 1) The letters ‘MMA’ sound familiar to many pork producers having sows on-farm. What causes the 3 underlying...
ASF China: First signs of recovery; pork prices rise According to official figures, China’s inventory of breeding sows rose 0.6% in October. That is a first careful...
African Swine Fever The latest updates on the recent ASF outbreaks in Belgium and China, prevention, previous outbreaks and more.
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A long list of common stress factors for pigs Stress can have a negative impact on the immunity in pigs – and which type of stress affects them most depends...
Understanding culture matters in the pig industry Last week, more than 2,000 delegates attended the ‘Svinekongres’, the annual congress for Danish pig production,...
Prudent antimicrobial use: The best to boost productivity Farmers all over the EU are working hard to reduce the use of antibiotics in animal production. Although this...
Optimistic vs pessimistic pigs Can pigs actually be optimistic or pessimistic? Or is it even possible to assess pig feelings? There has been...
A pig should remain healthy all its life. In this special edition, many factors are explored to keep a healthy...