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Improving Health, Welfare of Organic Pigs
2014-02-05 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
DENMARK - Organic sows and their piglets can be put out to roam on areas planted with trees. This can improve the health and well-being of the animals and is in fact also better for the environment than keeping pigs on pasture.
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Organic Diet Mixes for Pigs, Poultry
2014-02-04 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - Defra has commissioned a project which will help to establish whether the current five per cent 'non-organic' allowance will continue to be needed in organic pig and poultry feeds after the end of 2014.
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PED: New Virus Strains Detected in US Pigs
2014-02-02 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - The viruses from five cases of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED) recently investigated by Iowa State University have a different gene sequence from those investigated since April 2013, showing greater similarity to strains isolated in China between 2004 and 2012.
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Ontario Counts Five PED Outbreaks in Pigs
2014-02-01 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - As of 31 January, five outbreaks of Porcine Epidmeic Diarrhoea (PED) have now been confirmed in the province, in addition to positive tests for the virus at three pig handling facilities.
African Swine Fever Kills 600 Pigs in Ghana
2014-01-22 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GHANA - An outbreak of African swine fever has hit the Ellembelle District and its environs in the Western Region, resulting in the death of 600 pigs.
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