Europe and China are to work together on a monogastric production project to improve the overall efficiency of the livestock involved, while also seeking to reduce…
Month: November 2015
A slight recovery in the EU sow market, with German prices picking up since the summer, has led to “some improvement” in GB sow prices, according…
The need to pursue a global approach to tackling Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) will be “high on the political agenda” this week during talks in China between…
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) may have been around for 25 years, but it remains a costly disease to the global pig industry. The annual…
Lung disorders cause great economic losses in pig farming worldwide, so it’s an area of great interest to the veterinary sector, writes Jos Thelosen. In the…
What do the best herds in the UK and Denmark do in the farrowing house to achieve high levels of performance? This was the starting point…
We have a small but well-stocked library at AHDB headquarters in Stoneleigh, which I like to browse through from time to time during my lunch break.…
Denmark, a comparatively small country with just five million inhabitants, produces enough food for a population of 15 million. More than 29 million pigs are reared…
There’s no single factor that causes pigs to begin tail biting, but once they start it can become a hard habit to break. This makes it…
It’s not the most appetising thought, perhaps, but there’s a pretty good chance that insects will have an important role in feeding our planet in the…