US pork industry welcomes US-China trade deal US president Donald Trump and Chinese vice premier Liu He have signed a preliminary trade agreement that will...
ASF in the Americas is no science fiction at all Provided that North and South America stay free of African Swine Fever, both continents could be having some...
ASF Poland: Outbreaks in the west far from over Fresh findings of wild boar carcasses that died of African Swine Fever continue to be reported in Western...
Keeping ASF at bay at the Danish border One way to successfully fight African Swine Fever is to make sure that the virus never enters a country. Denmark...
Straw increases feed intake in growers The provision of straw to grow-finisher pigs appears to have a positive effect on feed intake.
ASF China: Government anticipates for Lunar New Year As Chinese New Year is around the corner (January 25), the country faces many challenges with African Swine...
All about sows, udders and MMA (part 2) How do normal udders feel? Perhaps a simple question and perhaps the answers are well-known. Now what to do when...
Interview: Piet van der Aar – 40 years of feed experience Feed research is becoming less independent and social acceptance is a new challenge to face. Piet van der Aar...
Bulgaria culls 24,000 pigs to contain ASF The Bulgarian authorities have culled over 24,000 pigs in order to keep African Swine Fever outbreaks under...
Brazil’s pig sector to achieve new highs due to ASF Asia is increasingly becoming more important for the Brazilian pig sector, as a result of African Swine Fever in...
What feeding strategy to follow for finishing pigs? Maximising the finishers’ body weight? Or perhaps going for optimisation of feed conversion ratio (FCR)? Every...
Replacing ZnO requires a combined approach Time is running out to find solutions that could be used to replace therapeutic, high-level zinc oxide in weaned...
Effects of particle size and fibre source on pigs Particle size affects the ileal digestibility of nutrients and fibre fractions in pigs, according to a study by...
Deciphering the dietary fibre message Dietary fibre is complex; it is a short message, but clear for animal nutritionists. The key to unravelling this...
ASF Poland: Germany puts up fences; 10 more findings In an attempt to prevent an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF), Germany has been raising fences to stop wild...
Russia: Solution for depressed pigs Over the last few decades, the incidence of depression has increased considerably among humans all over the...
Scientists identify PCV4 virus in sick Chinese pigs A new variety of Porcine Circovirus has been identified in pigs with severe clinical disease in China’s Hunan...
Wrapping up December: What’s new in the world of pigs? A lot of innovations saw the light in the pig business just before the end of the year. What about a new sow...
ASF Belgium: Wild boar #830 outside inner zone The most recently discovered case of African Swine Fever (ASF) amongst Belgium’s wild boar population was found...
ASF Indonesia: 28,000 dead pigs confirmed African Swine Fever (ASF) has killed over 28,000 pigs in the Indonesian province of North Sumatra.