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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

An easy farrowing enhances piglet health. Photo: Peter Roek

04-04-2018 | Article

An easy farrowing enhances piglet health

Nutritional value of fish silage in pigs. Photo: Dreamstime.com

23-03-2018 | Article

Nutritional value of fish silage in pigs

Difference between a litter affected by PEDv (left) and a healthy litter (right). Photo: John Carr

21-03-2018 | Article

PED revisited – how did Manitoba cope in 2017?

Supplementation of zinc at a pharmacological dose in the form of zinc oxide is practised in nursery pigs, helping to decrease the incidence of post-weaning scouring. Photo: Ronald Hissink

16-03-2018 | Article

The six different roles of zinc in pigs

The effect of temperature on e.g. feed intake is most at the end of the post-weaning period. Photo: Dreamstime

09-03-2018 | Article

Feeding can provide but also cost energy

Gene editing allows a change to a single letter in the DNA by an enzyme that cuts DNA, copied from a natural bacterial defence system. Illustration: Dreamstime

07-03-2018 | Article

Can gene editing solve the castration issue?

In the US, an intensive discussion is going on around rising sow mortality rates. Photo: Ronald Hissink

28-02-2018 | Article

12 questions to ask to avoid sow mortality

Qinglian Food, China’s pioneer for sow group housing

27-02-2018 | Article

Qinglian Food, China’s pioneer for sow group housing

Dr Gordon Lawson. Photo: Morag Lawson

23-02-2018 | Article

The genius who solved the porcine ileitis puzzle