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Dr Michael T. Mendl is a professor of animal behaviour and welfare at Bristol Veterinary School in the UK. He did his PhD at the University of Cambridge in behavioural development. In addition to teaching and supervising graduate students, Mendl currently leads the BBSRC-UFAW Animal Welfare Research Network. He is also a member of the UKRI Future Leader Fellowships Panel College and sits on two grant panels. - Photo: Michael T. Mendl

25-05-2022 | Interview

Interview: Integrating computer vision with pig welfare

Pigs experience stress just as humans do. - Photo: Zelenetskay Company

25-05-2022 | Article

Stress in finisher pigs? Lithium additives may help

A healthy wild boar in a forest in northern Italy. - Photo: Canva

23-05-2022 | News

ASF Italy: Wild boar cases around Rome rise to 10

{Young entire male weaners on a farm in the Netherlands. - Photo: Bart Nijs

23-05-2022 | Expert opinion

The time has come to stop castrating piglets

Budapest, Hungary was the decor for the first edition of the European Symposium for Porcine Health Management (ESPHM), held on May 11-13 2022. - Photo: Canva

20-05-2022 | Article

ESPHM: From PRRS to ASF and pig welfare

Retailers and processors step up efforts to aid UK pig farmers Photo: Canva

20-05-2022 | News

Retailers and processors step up efforts to aid UK pig farmers

Podcast: Growth models – margin over feed cost versus FCR

18-05-2022 | News

Podcast: Growth models – margin over feed cost versus FCR

Snapshot of a wean-to-finish barn in Dyersville, IA, United States. - Photo: Alltech

18-05-2022 | Article

The journey towards zero ZnO begins in the gut

Keeping long tails is only possible when SINS is not found at farm level.

16-05-2022 | Article

Necrosis and long tails do not go well together

A picture that is well-known in the British pig industry, as 40% of the country’s sows are kept outdoors. According to industry leaders at the British Pig and Poultry Fair, major reform of the UK pig sector is needed to stop the cyclical boom and bust scenario - Photo: Henk Riswick

13-05-2022 | News

Boom and bust scenario for UK pig sector needs replacing