Merlin the talking pig celebrates his Guinness World Record for online popularity in the cutest way, delighting fans who say ...

Heat stress is one of the most predictable yet disruptive pressure moments in swine production. When temperatures rise, feed ...

News footage these days sometimes shows wild horses crowding dry rangelands in the American West or deer wandering through ...

In Japanese, the word “shinobi” evokes the ninja — blending into the background, unseen. Today, that same idea is inspiring a ...

Defra is hoping a new eradication programme will help bring porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) under ...

OTTAWA — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Canada Health have approved foods made from PRRS-resistant pigs as safe to eat for consumers and effective for use in livestock feed. Porcine ...

The modern pig in breeding herds around the world has been managed to reach some of the highest levels of reproductive performance among all livestock species. While variation occurs in key ...

Feral pigs pose a significant problem in the United States due to their rapid reproduction rates. According to Texas A&M, feral pigs have an average gestation period of 120 days, allowing them to ...

A new study shows that the effectiveness of current vaccines against porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is due to the response of T cells against the disease, rather than the ...

In a development that could jeopardize human health, microscopic bits of plastic are now found in the cells of farm animals. A team of researchers from Italy and Germany has found nanoplastics in cell ...