Research and innovation

Government support, training and research is allowing pig producers in Ghana to overcome feed price difficulties.

Dr Joachim Hasenmaier discusses investment opportunities at the 2019 Europe Animal Health Investment Forum.

To comply with changing welfare standards, consumer needs and productivity goals, management of pain-inducing procedures must be a focus for producers.

With the turning of the Chinese New Year, we run down the biggest events across Asia in the Year of the Pig.

Gene editing is being subject to controversial regulation, but could it be a lifeline for an unsustainable pig industry?

Is your use of high levels of inorganic trace minerals fighting against phytase effectiveness?

How will hog production be affected by the rise in digital technologies for agriculture, and what products are already available to be tried and tested?

How can vaccination and prudent use of antibiotics aid in critical antibiotic reduction?

Disease is the single greatest destroyer of profitability in pig production. It affects all four production drivers of profit.

The presence of mycotoxins in feed and foodstuffs is an important concern for human and animal health. Aspergillus, Fusarium and Claviceps species of fungi are ubiquitous in nature and under ideal con…

Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by microfungi that are capable of causing disease and death in humans and other animals.

In the last 30 years it has become clearer that commonly occurring fungi growing in foods and feeds may produce toxins, known as mycotoxins. These toxins have been responsible for major epidemics in m…

Winter is here. Are your barns ready?

Results showed significantly fewer intestinal lesions were found in pigs vaccinated with Enterisol Ileitis.

New genetic techniques are increasing the productivity, efficiency, and yield of PIC pigs at a remarkable rate.

IQC review the production and demand situation, evolution of key prices in China’s pork market, and forecast market trends for the next three months.

The qualities and attributes of leaders who deliver great business results.

Not all mineral sources are the same. For more successful sows and high-performing piglets, many producers have turned to chelated organic trace minerals instead of inorganic options.

The protective role of specific antibodies against swine erysipelas (SE) and porcine parvovirus (PPV) enhanced through vaccination is key to control infectious reproductive problems in sows.

In this study, the comparative dynamics of post-vaccination antibodies elicited by three different commercial vaccines is evaluated in gilts during a whole reproductive cycle.