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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.

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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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