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ThePigSite Latest News
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Dietary Preferences of Pigs SWEDEN - Pigs raised in conventional indoor pens have different feeding patterns from those raised under more natural conditions.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Sweden and Finland in Farm Subsidy Spat SWEDEN - Sweden has called for an end to national farm subsidies in Southern Finland. Finland's Agriculture Minister, Sirkka-Liisa Anttila, says the Finnish government believes that Sweden, too, should be able to extend national subsidies.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Sweden reports first case of PRRS SWEDEN - The first case of PRRS (Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome) has been reported in Sweden. Since the spread of the disease seems to be limited to a few farms, the Swedish Board of Agriculture has decided to kill and destroy all animals...
Friday, August 18, 2006
Research explains why piglets shudder to keep warm SWEDEN - Researchers at Uppsala University, Sweden, have uncovered a genetic reason why newborn piglets are less tolerant to cold than other newborn mammals, reports the NPA. It turns out that the gene that codes for the protein UCP1 was inactivated some...








