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Live at Victam Asia: Antibiotic reduction through nutrition management

09-09 | News

Live at Victam Asia: Antibiotic reduction through nutrition management

Providing adequate enrichment materials such as chains or rubber hoses, and rooting materials such as straw, mushroom compost or maize silage in pens lowers tail biting levels. Photo: Mark Pasveer

08-09 | Article

Is tail biting in pigs related to tail posture?

Photo: Canva

06-09 | News

ASF Vietnam: Vaccination trials suspended due to pig deaths

The US and Canada continue to prepare for the day when this disease may arrive in mainland North America. Photo: Shutterstock

05-09 | Article

North America and Canada keep preparing for ASF

Podcast: Early respiratory disease detection in pigs

02-09 | News

Podcast: Early respiratory disease detection in pigs

FAO alerted Latin American and Caribbean countries In August 2021 to the need to take preventive measures due to the ASF outbreak amongst domestic pigs in the Dominican Republic and later in Haiti. Photo: FAO

31-08 | News

FAO to support 30,000 small producers in Caribbean against ASF

Since the beginning of 2022, more than 80 ASF outbreaks have been registered in Russia, with less than half at backyard farms, while the rest is among wild boar. - Photo: Jan Vullings

29-08 | News

ASF Russia: First industrial pig farm in Russia hit in 2022

Feral pig numbers continue to grow in North America. - Photo: Shutterstock

25-08 | News

Is wild pig control improving in North America?

Photo: Henk Riswick

19-08 | News

Sustainability and Welfare special – Reserve your space now

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Photo: Van Assendelft

07-12-2020 | Article

Focus on a good start

Photo: Ruben Keestra

07-12-2020 | Article

Understanding the function of the ruminal microbiome

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