Biosecurity practices in Spanish pig herds
The findings revealed that medium-sized to large farms located in high pig density regions reported higher biosecurity measures.
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S. Korea orders 1.3 mln livestock culled to combat FMD spread
South Korea has ordered the culling of 1.34 million livestock since late November to stem its severest foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in history, the government said Monday.
Temple Grandin: Electric Stunning of Pigs and Sheep
Temple Grandin explains humane slaughter methods to insure good animal welfare at the pork processing plant.
Seasonal Infertility in Swine
In natural conditions, there are seasonal fluctuations of availability of food and the earliness or delay in the onset of breeding is related to food levels.
The Ebola Reston virus in Philippine pigs
On December, the Philippine Department of Agriculture announced that the non-lethal Ebola Reston Virus previously only found in monkeys, had been detected in pigs