Research and innovation

The new training programme will help individuals identify signs of chronic stress and offer effective coping skills.

New research yields a vaccine capable of inducing protection against the ASFv Georgia isolate and inducing sterile immunity against the current ASFv strain responsible for recent outbreaks.

Emerging research has linked total antimicrobial use during the fattening stage and increased internal biosecurity on-farm with higher counts of resistance genes across pig farms in Europe.

A new survey has been launched to understand current attitudes towards farm health and safety.

New research shows a significance difference in lifetime total born performance of gilts bred at first oestrus and second oestrus.

The European research programme Feed-a-Gene has launched a 2020 meeting where key industry players will discuss sustainable solutions for pig, poultry and rabbit production.

ADM Animal Nutrition, a division of Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM), has opened a new Animal Nutrition Technology Center in Decatur, Illinois.

A variety of outdoor pig production systems are present in the EU but are these more open systems playing a part in the movement of African swine fever in Europe?

The Director and CEO of VIDO-InterVac is confident the construction of a pilot scale vaccine manufacturing facility will allow it to dramatically speed up the testing of new vaccine candidates.

AgriBriefing’s Women in Food and Agriculture initiative, launched earlier this year to promote the role of women across the agribusiness supply chain, has announced the release of an industry-wide survey, in conjunction with Alltech.…

The North American PRRS Symposium was held recently to look at new swine disease research and try to tackle not only porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus but other emerging diseases as well.

Animal nutrition firm BIOMIN is proud to announce that Research & Development Director Dr Gerd Schatzmayr has been named a Highly Cited Researcher, according to the 2019 list from the Web of Science Group.

The Director of Research and Development for Canada with Topigs Norsvin Canada says selecting pigs for breeding that interact well together is helping improve animal welfare and the economics of pork production.

New research shows the world needs to urgently cut its planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to avoid a "perfect storm" that will lead to simultaneous falls in food production from both farming and marine fisheries.

A desire to build coalitions was the impetus for a recent agreement between Hendrix Genetics (Hypor) and German-based BHZP.

A variety of outdoor pig production systems are present in the EU but are these more open systems playing a part in the movement of African swine fever in Europe?

The 3T's Alliance has published its latest conclusions on efficient solutions to end tail docking in piglets and young pigs.

Scientists around the world have stepped up efforts to develop vaccines to protect pigs from African swine fever.

After over 15 years of developing electronic data capture software for animal health studies in some of the most prestigious companion and livestock research institutes in the world, Prelude Dynamics has recently decided to turn its expertise to the pig sector.…

A Swine Innovation Porc project aimed at automating the cleaning and disinfection of swine transport trailers to improve biosecurity and reduce disease transmission has moved closer to commercialisation.