NI pig farm under scrutiny after activist visit Agriculture inspectors have visited a pig farm in Northern Ireland after the farm had been entered last week by...
Bulgaria culls 24,000 pigs to contain ASF The Bulgarian authorities have culled over 24,000 pigs in order to keep African Swine Fever outbreaks under...
Scientists identify PCV4 virus in sick Chinese pigs A new variety of Porcine Circovirus has been identified in pigs with severe clinical disease in China’s Hunan...
ASF Poland: Germany gearing up defence The authorities in the Germany and particularly those in the eastern state Brandenburg, bordering Poland in the...
UK’s University of Leeds opens National Pig Centre The University of Leeds in the United Kingdom recently opened the National Pig Centre, which comes with...
ASF Poland: Virus 40km from Germany African Swine Fever has made another move in Poland creeping closer to the German border. An update by the...
ASF Poland: Virus closer to Germany - more dead boar found African Swine Fever has been found in 2 dead wild boar at 85km from the border with Germany. Local media report...
Denmark: New PRRS strain emerged A new PRRS strain emerged in the Danish pig sector this summer. In total about 35 Danish swine farms were hit....
ASF Vietnam: 5.8m pigs dead; virus likely in Indonesia Vietnam has sent an update of the African Swine Fever (ASF) situation in the country. The total death toll due...
What is the risk of ASFv smuggled into the USA? Combined US-Spanish research explored what would be the risk of African Swine Fever virus being smuggled into...
Re-watch webinar ‘No antibiotics ever’ The theme of ‘No antibiotics ever’ in pig production was intensively discussed recently, in a specially...
ASF South Korea: More farms and wild boar infected Updates about African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreaks have become relatively sparse from Asia lately – but this week...
Wrapping up September: What’s new in the world of pigs? Trade shows on the move in September, as both Agromek and VIV Asia will move – one in time and the other in...
Misset publishes Chinese ASF edition – exclusively on WeChat The WeChat channel of Misset International, ‘Misset????’, has published a 36-page special edition dedicated to...
ASF, airbags and AveSui in Pig Progress 7 The latest issue of Pig Progress is available to read with a number of unique and interesting features. How...
Soon to come: Webinar ‘No antibiotics ever’ A week from now, Pig Progress will feature a highly interesting webinar focused on the theme of ‘No antibiotics...
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...
Prudent antimicrobial use: The best to boost productivity Farmers all over the EU are working hard to reduce the use of antibiotics in animal production. Although this...
Immunity: What can pig farmers do themselves? Immunity in pig production is not a particularly easy subject. It all starts with producing knowing what they...
Where are we with a vaccine for ASFv? Around the world, various institutes and companies are working towards a vaccine to control African Swine Fever....
ASF in the Americas is no science fiction at all Provided that North and South America stay free of African Swine Fever, both continents could be having some...
VIV Qingdao: The start of a new formula in China VIV exhibitions in China are nothing new but the inaugural edition of VIV Qingdao signalled a new era in the...
Acidifiers: A piece of the AMR puzzle Countries worldwide have developed new policies to reduce the use of antibiotics in animal production systems,...
Preparing for ASFv: An ‘enveloped virus’ As there is currently no vaccine for African Swine Fever, the only way to fight the virus is to have extremely...
The gut’s barrier function: Essential for gut health The importance of the gut for pig health cannot be underestimated. It is here where it is determined which...