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Pig Breed Serves as Ideal Model for Human Obesity Research
2014-05-23 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - US Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers have conducted a series of studies showing that the pig is instrumental as a model for human obesity-related research. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) microbiologist Gloria Solano-Aguilar has found that using swine as a biomedical research model was useful for studying metabolic effects induced by a high-fat diet.
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Evaluating Changes to Official Controls in Pig Slaughterhouses
2014-05-23 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - The British Food Standards Agency is funding new research in pig approved slaughterhouses to understand how the legislative changes that apply from 1 June in these slaughterhouses are rolling out.
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Hermitage Genetics Establishes Pig Nucleus Production Centre in Russia
2014-05-23 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
RUSSIA - The new Hermitage Genetics Russian production centre in the Vologda region – Sloboda Nucleus Farm - took delivery of the first batch of high health status breeding stock from Ireland on the 31 October 2013.
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National Pig Association Appoints Chief Executive
2014-05-22 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - Having urged its members to pay greater attention to succession planning, the National Pig Association is putting its own house in order, by promoting general manager Dr Zoe Davies to the post of chief executive.
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Forty More Pig Farm Samples Positive for Porcine Delta Corona Virus
2014-05-22 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Porcine Delta Corona virus (PDCoV) has been detected in 185 samples from pig farms in 14 states since testing began in March 2014.
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