Pork demand remains strong despite Covid-19 Despite economic instability and unprecedented obstacles, global demand for pork remains strong, and importers,...
Optimism, wood and China’s recovery in Pig Progress 3 The latest edition of Pig Progress is now available online. In this edition we look at what the future holds for...
ASF also confirmed in Papua New Guinea African Swine Fever has reached Papua New Guinea, the first country to be hit that is officially part of the...
ASF Poland: Virus comes at 10km from German border An infected wild boar has been found infected with ASF at 10.5km from the border with Germany.
Brazil’s pork exports peak despite Covid-19 Brazil’s pork exports (including all products from fresh to processed) reached 135,900 tonnes in the 1st 2...
ASF Poland: First outbreak on farm in Western Poland For the first time, African Swine Fever has also hopped onto a large domestic pig farm in Western Poland,...
China spurs its pig companies to invest abroad The Chinese government is encouraging pig producing companies to invest in pig production, both in China as well...
Salmonella, digestibility and fibre in Pig Progress 2 The second edition of Pig Progress in 2020 is now available to read digitally. In this edition we look at the...
Moderate optimism about Chinese ASF vaccine A mixed bag of comments. That’s how various vaccine experts around the globe have responded to the recent news...
Chinese Harbin Institute: New ASF vaccine is effective China’s Harbin Veterinary Research Institute stated it developed a vaccine to African Swine Fever, which,...
ASF Romania: 42,000 pigs culled on commercial farm All pigs on a Romanian farm with almost 42,000 pigs had to be culled as African Swine Fever was found on the...
Scientists map African Swine Fever virus genome A team of researchers from the UK and Poland have mapped the expression of genes across the entire African Swine...
Focus on pig feed efficiency at JRP in France Feed is always the star of the French Swine Research Days (JRP). At the 52nd edition of the JRP, held in Paris,...
ASF Greece: No further cases reported so far The outbreak of African Swine Fever on a small backyard farm in Greece for now appears to have been an isolated...
Russia considers fines for selling ASF-infected meat Russia may introduce turnover-based fines for the unscrupulous meat processors accepting pork with African Swine...
ASF, udders and pig house innovations in Pig Progress 1 The latest edition of Pig Progress is now available online. In this edition we look at the history of ASF as...
Where Covid-19 and African Swine Fever meet ‘The big unknown’, that is a label that fits perfectly on the current Covid-19 virus, according to Pig Progress...
Around the world in 10 pig farms The year 2019 has flown by – and Pig Progress would like to wrap up this exciting year again, just like years...
Oops, a dead pig on the shore. Now what? African Swine Fever confronts national authorities with sensitive dilemmas. Of course it is great to be able to...
Trade wars and ASF: The global pork market mid-2019 Every quarter, international pig market expert Dr John Strak takes a look into the previous months and analyses...
Farm visit: Norwegian farmer considers reducing pigs Lower profit margins could spell a reduction in pig production on the mixed farm of May Britt Lode, based in the...
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...
EuroTier completes first round of global shows There was lots to enjoy in Qingdao, China, from 19-21 September. The first edition of EuroTier China was held...
Interview: Biosecurity as solution to ASF The effect of African Swine Fever on North Korea is unknown but since mid-September the virus has also appeared...
ASF hits backyard farms hard in the Philippines The sea has not been able to stop the march of African Swine Fever in Asia. In September 2019 the virus was also...
ASF on-farm? Back on track in 18 steps - part 2 African Swine Fever (ASF) arrived in China, the world’s largest pig market and has been spreading rapidly across...
ASF on-farm? Back on track in 18 steps - Part 1 African Swine Fever (ASF) arrived in China, the world’s largest pig market and has been spreading rapidly across...
Flies can play a role in transmitting ASF into farms Pigs can in theory get infected with African Swine Fever virus by eating infected flies. Danish researchers...
This idea could help gain control over ASF Almost concurrent with the first reported African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreaks in Belgium, a Belgian startup...
New outbreaks of ASF reported in Russia New outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) have been detected in the Volgograd Region and Tula Region of Russia...