Absence of protein can protect pig foetuses from PRRS The absence of an essential virus receptor protein in dams completely protects piglet foetuses from...
Scientists find genes responsible for mummified piglets Several regions on the pig genome have been identified to be associated with early lethality, responsible for a...
Consortium completes exome sequence in pigs PIC, a division of Genus, in cooperation with Edinburgh Genomics and the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin...
Danish analyse and quantify pre-weaning mortality Danish researchers have analysed and quantified causes of mortality in pre-weaning pigs in an attempt to take...
Better welfare for Danish pigs – naturally The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries has in March 2014 entered into an agreement with the...
BPEX: How to improve piglet quality Pig nutritionists need to help producers improve piglet quality in order to wean more pigs from larger litters...
Merial Forum: Factors affecting swine reproduction Improving the performance of swine reproduction requires attention to a wide range of health, genetics,...
VLA to investigate PCV2 as a cause of reproductive failure The Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) is to increase surveillance for PCV2 virus as a cause of reproductive...
Free farrowing under commercial conditions Søren Larsen, a Danish piglet producer, has both traditional farrowing pens as well as farrowing pens with...
Fresh insights confirm role of vitamin D at farrowing The importance of vitamin D for sows cannot be emphasised enough. Once more its effects were shown in recent...