pig health

An impression what a permanent fence may look like this one was constructed by Denmark to avoid the entry of wild boar from the south. - Photo: Vincent ter Beek

09-07-2020 | News

ASF Poland: Germany aims to build permanent fence

An influenza virus (not the strain discussed in this article) photographed by a microscope. - Foto: Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

30-06-2020 | News

China: New flu virus can jump from pigs to humans

As of May 2020, only in Nigeria s Lagos state, more than 600,000 breeders and matured growers have been lost to ASF, excluding culled and sick animals. - Photo: Pig Farmers Association of Nigeria

30-06-2020 | News

ASF Nigeria: Fears of up to 1 million pigs dead

Illustration: 123RF

19-06-2020 | News

Taiwan pork exports can resume with FMD-free status

Disinfection of a backyard farm in Poland not the one where now ASF was found. - Photo: Iwana Markowska-Daniel

16-06-2020 | News

ASF: First outbreak on backyard farm in western Poland

A pig suffering from ASF not related to the Chinese research. - Photo: Lina Mur

11-06-2020 | News

ASF China: Clinical vaccine trials show safety so far

Healthy piglets on a Swiss farm. - Photo: Conrad von Schubert/ University of Bern

11-06-2020 | News

How exactly can C. perfringens kill piglets?

The possible effects of Covid-19 on supply chains are most likely ot related to pig biosecurity. - Photo: Henk Riswick

10-06-2020 | News

Covid-19: Pig feed industry learns from ASF experiences

Photo: Shutterstock

04-06-2020 | News

Covid-19: Only minor outbreaks at pork plants in Spain

This particular wild boar will not spread the ASF virus very quickly as it was held in captivity at the FLI in Germany. - Photo: Vincent ter Beek

29-05-2020 | News

ASF Poland: Virus appears to be unstoppable in wild boar