China: Changing consumer trends influencing the pig sector This is the third article in the series of articles about China. In this final report, let’s take a look at...
Denmark: Anaesthetics prior to piglet castration The Danish pig industry will start castrating its piglets with the usage of anaesthetics as from 1 January 2019....
ASF Belgium: 125 cases; EFSA warns for wild boar Although cases of ASF infected wild boar continue to be found in Belgium, the virus appears to be under control....
Leftovers, ASF and sustainability With the ongoing spread of African Swine Fever in China, the use of swill has been identified as a culprit. No...
Can PCV2d be controlled using a PCV2a vaccine? Porcine Circovirus 2 (PCV2) has proved to be a very variable virus, and various genotypes are known around the...
Difficult times for Danish pig farmers The mood in Danish pig farming has darkened, with both swine farmers and the supply chain seeing dwindling...
By keeping FMD out, Korea’s swine sector ‘welcomed’ ileitis Foot-and-Mouth Disease rampaged through South Korea’s swine industry in 2010 and 2011. Since then, the country’s...
Nutrition impacts gut health and immune response A healthy pig gut consists of long villi and well-functioning tight junctions. These essential components will...
ASF China: 10,000 Pig farm hit in Beijing; Shaanxi infected The latest victims of the African Swine Fever epidemic in China include a farm with almost 10,000 pigs in the...
ASF wipes the Myrgorod pig breed out of existence At least 2 pig breeds have ceased to exist in Ukraine due to the continuing spread of African Swine Fever (ASF)...
And the winners are… Neonatal piglets The shape of sow legs or that of newborn piglets’ heads, feeding of gestating sows or playing music in the...
Wrapping up November: What is new in the world of pigs? November 2018 was a very busy month, with reports on many different novelties and on deals that were closed at...
Glässer’s Disease: Future treatments may include probiotics Probiotics may well have a role to play in future prevention of Glässer’s Disease, a respiratory problem...
Feeding by-products to pigs – how do the Dutch do it? In the past, pigs were mainly fed leftovers from food or household production, to add value to by-products. On...
On-demand: Webinar on dietary stress at weaning Which strategies exist to overcome dietary stress at weaning? And why is it important to know when to act with...
ASF China: Virus in Beijing; Thailand finds ASF in sausages African Swine Fever continues to spread in China with now 80 reported cases in 20 areas. Since this weekend,...
Genetics may help to measure pig welfare Pig welfare might be improved by using genetic techniques, according to research at the University of...
How to protect a pig farm from ASF? African Swine Fever (ASF) is the most worrying of the virus diseases at present, writes management expert John...
FMD, fever and Florence in Pig Progress 9 Pig health as well as breeding are topics that can be found in the 9th print edition of Pig Progress this year...
Miratorg’s roaring pig production expansion plans Russian agricultural holding Miratorg has embarked on an ambitious project: The construction of new pig farms, a...