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Wildfires raise concerns for animal health and welfare
5+ hour, 14+ min ago (288+ words) The Pig Site Wildfires raise concerns for animal health and welfare Extreme weather conditions and wildfires are not just impacting people, but also ecosystems, livestock and natural wildlife In 2024, wildfires burned approximately 2.6 million hectares of the Pantanal, one of the…...
Leman: Sudden death in sows
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (236+ words) Sudden sow mortality is concentrated in early parities and during the peripartum window [Excerpts of a presentation by Laura Solis and colleagues at Iowa State University, and Iowa Select Farms, USA, during the 2025 Leman Swine Conference] This retrospective study analyzed…...
Contraceptive vaccine reduces fertility in animals to address wildlife overpopulation
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (334+ words) A Purdue University contraceptive vaccine seeks to address animal overpopulation by markedly reducing fertility in feral swine, horses, deer and other animals. Dr. Harm HogenEsch, distinguished professor of immunopathology in Purdue University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, and Dr. Raluca Ostafe,…...
Animal health sector backs EU plan to phase out animal testing
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (150+ words) Industry urges EU to promote new approach methods globally The European animal health industry has welcomed the European Commission's newly published roadmap to phase out animal testing in chemical safety assessments, describing it as a milestone for safety and risk…...
Rethinking soybean meal: Four pillars reshape swine nutrition application strategies
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1651+ words) New research highlights soybean meal’s role beyond protein – driving energy efficiency, growth, disease resilience and summer performance At the 2026 ASAS Midwest Section meeting, R. Dean Boyd, PhD, consultant at Animal Nutrition Research, LLC and Aaron Gaines, PhD, managing partner at…...
From curiosity to cornerstone: How the corn-soy diet transformed swine nutrition
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1356+ words) Dr. Robert Easter traces 75 years of history showing how the corn-soy diet reshaped pig diets and disrupted traditional feeding models Instead, as Easter explained, its development reflects decades of scientific discovery, industry disruption and practical problem-solving that reshaped how pigs…...
Leman: Porcine astrovirus 4
5+ mon, 2+ day ago (200+ words) Porcine astrovirus 4 is evolving locally within production companies and sites [Excerpts of a poster presentation by Mariana Meneguzzi and colleagues at the University of Minnesota and the University of Florida, USA, during the 2025 Leman Swine Conference] Astroviruses (AstVs) infect a…...