ASF Poland: Germany aims to build permanent fence Germany wants to prevent wild boar, infected with African Swine Fever (ASF) entering the country.
ASF Poland: 1st outbreak on backyard farm in the west It was found on a farm near the village of Ratowice, in the province of Greater Poland.
ASF Poland: Virus appears to be unstoppable in wild boar African Swine Fever continues to spread relatively quickly in Poland and appears to be unstoppable.
ASF Europe: more cases in wild boar population The number of wild boar in Eastern Europe infected with ASF has been increasing more rapidly.
ASF Poland: Lockdown for 450 pig farms 450 pig farms in the province of Greater Poland have been placed into lockdown due ASF.
ASF Poland: 2nd farm confirmed infected in west A 2nd pig farm in Western Poland is infected with African Swine Fever.
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.
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,...
ASF Poland: Virus moves up to 12km from German border African Swine Fever has moved up in Poland to 12km from the border with Germany. This new discovery in wild boar...
ASF Poland: Outbreaks in the west far from over Fresh findings of wild boar carcasses that died of African Swine Fever continue to be reported in Western...
ASF Poland: Germany puts up fences; 10 more findings In an attempt to prevent an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF), Germany has been raising fences to stop wild...
ASF Poland: Germany gearing up defence The authorities in the Germany and particularly those in the eastern state Brandenburg, bordering Poland in the...
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: Infected wild boar numbers in Lubusz rise to 20 The number of wild boar affected by African Swine Fever in Western Poland has risen from 2 to 20. That was...
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...
ASF Poland: 2 More small farms infected; vet in court As summer is about to start, Poland sees a re-occurrence in the number of outbreaks of African Swine Fever...
BLOG: Diseases running west There is a somewhat unwanted parallel between North America and Europe at the moment, as in both continents,...
Poland's pig sector: Once thriving, now fragmented In the mid-1990s, Poland had over 22 million pigs within its borders. Ever since, however, the number has...
INTERVIEW: ASF is to stay in Europe, says Prof Pejsak Currently, a dead wild boar is more dangerous than a live one in Eastern Poland, as it is likely the animal will...
Denmark’s pig production – modern, efficient, changing It’s difficult to find the right words to correctly describe the pig industry in Denmark. Thirsty for knowledge...
Baltic States continue to struggle with ASF Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania continue to struggle with outbreaks of African Swine Fever (ASF). In Latvia, the...
Drop in EU agricultural income in 2015 According to first estimates, real agricultural income in the European Union (EU) has fallen by 6.0% in 2015...
Winning one piglet per sow pre-weaning Since the home farm of Detert Zuchttiere switched to Danish genetics, extra attention was needed to keep the...
How Poland controls African Swine Fever The Polish know it as Afrykański Pomór Świń – African Swine Fever. For about one and a half years, the disease...
2014 in review: PEDv, ASF and consumers It wasn’t too hard to figure out what dominated the Pig Progress headlines in 2014 – two diseases, Porcine...
Russian industry profiting from sanctions – for now So far, the war of sanctions appear to be the lifeline Russia’s pig industry was hoping for. Still, the...
PED virus could bring Brazil smiles or sadness What do Haitian immigrants and Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED) virus have in common? They are both new...
Miratorg present in every step of pork production Large steps have been made in the Russian pig industry in the recent years, but few of the companies have...
PEDv, ASF and the winter setting in October has begun – daylight is shortening and winter is upon us in the northern hemisphere. The change of...
Shortage of pork is good news for producers Large-scale import restrictions and a somewhat hampering Russian economy have led to a strong and rapid growth...
Opportunities for Russian pork producers However sad the cause, this week’s one-year food ban announced by the Russian president Putin appears to be good...
African Swine Fever in maps In the last couple of weeks the messages have been tumbling over each other – African Swine Fever seems to have...
Spinning dead wild boars To me the apparent openness of the Polish and Lithuanian veterinary authorities regarding the African Swine...