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The Family Feeding Matters Project considers how sows' natural foraging and maternal behaviours help piglets learn to eat and drink safely

Listen to the podcast We often put a lot of focus on the sow when it comes to swine reproduction, but what about the boar? Today in our talk with Dr. Kerns, we discuss many things such as the importance of zinc, differen…

Establishing effective internal biosecurity protocols is critical to breaking the circular spread of influenza and other pathogens between sow farms and growing sites, according to Montserrat Torremorell, DVM, PhD, Unive…

On the farm, swine caregivers tend to lump umbilical hernias and umbilical abscesses under the single category of umbilical defects. It’s likely that different factors are responsible for their development, but exactly w…

Media coverage around the world showed a Haitian border crisis at the US-Mexico border all while Haiti announced it's positive for African Swine Fever (ASF); so what's the risk of potential spread of ASF from Haitian imm…

USDA makes additional moves to improve meat processing capacity and global food prices continue to rise.

Fiber nutrition is still in its infancy compared with the current depth of knowledge in amino acids and certain vitamins and minerals. There is increasing interest in the use of high-fiber ingredients due to their percei…

Eco Practices, a platform launched by the National Pork Board, tracks sustainability metrics to measure progress in alignment with the UN's sustainability goals.

Lean hog futures this week pushed to a seven-week high, in the wake of last Friday’s bullish USDA Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report.

Searching for strategies to alter the course of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) in sows has been a long, slow climb with progress coming little by little. At the heart of the effort is the Sow Survivability project, which ki…

A particularly difficult variant of the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus recently hit hog farms in south-central Minnesota. Henry Johnson, DVM, with Swine Vet Center in St. Peter, Minnesota, was…

Colostrum is vital to piglet survival but managing intake may benefit from some fresh thinking, according to Kara Stewart, associate professor of animal science at Purdue University.

Dr. Kevin Eggers, senior technical services veterinarian with Zoetis, explains how to diagnose and prevent Ileitis on farms.

An interview with Lucina Galina Pantoja, DVM, PhD, Director Swine Technical Services, Zoetis.

George Eakin, Osborne CEO, speaks about a new bin agitator designed to break up clumps in animal feed to ensure a consistent flow of feed

Influenza-A virus of swine (IAV-S) is a thorn in the side of US pork producers, and it’s a difficult thorn to remove. If the virus were more pathogenic, veterinarians and producers would probably talk about it more, said…

Lameness is now the leading cause of mortality in mid- to late-finishing pigs. How did lameness develop into such a big problem?

US pork prices bounce back and China revises its sow herd projections.

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) continues to challenge the US swine industry. The virus has become more difficult to control despite aggressive biosecurity methods, multiple commercial vaccine…

Sow-lameness issues are on the rise, especially for sows in group housing, according to Michael Pierdon, VMD, Four Star Veterinary Service. Lameness is a leading reason that sows are culled early from the herd.