Review ESPHM 2025: Pig health symposium revolving around welfare

04-07-2025 | Market trends/analysis | Article

ESPHM — Snapshot of the first pleneary session of ESPHM. Photos: Vincent ter Beek

The 2025 edition of the European Symposium for Porcine Health Management (ESPHM) took place in Bern, Switzerland, from 21-23 May, 2025. The symposium’s keynote presentations focuses on the “5 freedoms of animal welfare”, thus celebrating the 50 years’ anniversary of the concept. A refreshing choice away from hardcore veterinary contents, to connect veterinarians with ideas and thoughts from a wider welfare perspective. ESPHM 2025 The 16th edition of the European Symposium for Porcine Hea

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