A swine farm with almost 10,000 pigs in Hungary has been emptied because it was too close to a cattle farm where Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) was detected last week. That particular outbreak occurred ...

There should be proper research to the benefits of weaning piglets at 5 weeks of age. To that end, a comparative study ought to be organised to ...

Brazil’s pork exports have reached double‑digit growth, both in the month of March as well as in the entire first quarter of 2025. Those were achieved even before the effects of the recent US tariff ...

Pig market analyst John Strak wrote in February 2025 that the global pig price cycle will not maintain its current upward phase in the early part of 2025. We are now in the spring of 2025 and it seems ...

Salzburg, Austria, best known as the birthplace of Mozart and backdrop to The Sound of Music, played host to the 15 th World Mycotoxin Forum from 7 to 9 April. More than 400 scientists, industry ...

Every pig, poultry and dairy producer will be familiar with it. A high mortality amongst the herd or flock – what pathogens are currently troubling me? The laboratory Poulpharm, headquartered in ...

Iberian sows are known for their maternal abilities and unique meat quality. The sows are less fortunate when it comes to productivity. Photo: Ronald Hissink Spanish researchers evaluated the impact ...

Pig vets of the future will nothing be like the ones who brought the science to the levels it is today. At the 2025 general meeting of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians, the Dr Alex Hogg ...

It looks like not all PCV2 viruses are created equal – science suggests that some appear to be more virulent than others. That is why it matters to understand what genotypes of the virus are around on ...

Just when the waves of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreaks appeared to have calmed down in Central Europe, Hungary ...

In a series of African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreaks in March and April 2025, around 118,000 pigs had to be culled in Moldova. This equals roughly 20% of the entire pig population. Since the beginning ...