Animal AgTech Innovation 2020: stopping African swine fever in its tracks 17 Feb 2020 African swine fever (ASF) continues to decimate domestic and wild swine herds across Europe, Asia and Africa, and now threatens to move further west. We speak to one expert about the invention of novel methods to protect naïve pig herds from an ASF epidemic.…
Tips for transitioning to ractopamine-free hog feed 4 Feb 2020 Sponsored An interview with Daniel Nelson, PhD Senior Swine Nutritionist Zoetis.
Small-scale pig keeping: selecting pigs for breeding 29 Jan 2020 When selecting for breeding purposes you need to maximise your chances of a successful outcome i.e. healthy litters of piglets, problem-free farrowing and a careful dam supplying plenty of milk.
Key steps for optimising pig production in Scotland 20 Jan 2020 A valuable overview of the key factors that need to be addressed by the Scottish pig farming sector was presented by Andy McGowan at key scientific meeting last week.
New rapid test to help stop the spread of the African swine fever virus 24 Feb 2020 PenCheck, a new, highly anticipated, rapid test for African swine fever, demonstrates impressive results in a clinical study.
North American swine sector to focus on strategic disease prevention in 2020 24 Feb 2020 A Professor with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine says the swine sector is placing a greater emphasis on the strategies that will prevent the introduction of diseases onto farms.
New SHIC research shows ASF remains infectious for much longer 24 Feb 2020 Pork Checkoff reports that the new recommendation is to hold conventional soybean meal an average of 125 days from when it is “born” or packaged, up from only 52 days determined in previous research.
Swine fever vaccine progress: Pirbright and UCL scientists map African swine fever genome 21 Feb 2020 Scientists from The Pirbright Institute have worked with UCL to map the expression of genes across the entire African swine fever virus (ASF) genome, which has helped to establish their order of activation as well as uncovering new genes.…
Top industry executive Scott Moore appointed CEO of EW Nutrition USA 20 Feb 2020 Sponsored EW Nutrition USA has selected its CEO, Scott Moore, an experienced top player in the animal health and nutrition industry. He was earlier this month appointed to lead the German-based company into a new decade of expansion through improved customer-centric solutions.…
Digestive system 1 Dec 2018 The digestive tract can be considered as a tube that starts at the mouth and finishes at the rectum (Fig.1-2). In some r…
Immune system 1 Dec 2018 The various mechanisms that protect the pig from infectious agents can be considered in six groups: Complement system - …
Reproductive system 1 Dec 2018 Fig.1-5 and Fig.1-6 show the anatomy of the reproductive tracts of the sow and the boar. Terminology Abortion - The pr…
Respiratory system 1 Dec 2018 The respiratory system of the pig commences at the nostrils which lead into two nasal passages. These contain the dorsal…
