CP Cambodia, livestock breeding specialist and subsidiary of Thai conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Company Limited, will double its swine production by 2019 to meet the country’s demand for pork products
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Vietnamese firm to establish pig nucleus farm
Austfeed Vietnam Corporation has signed a deal with JSR Genetics and consultancy firm Checkfarm to establish a pig nucleus farm in the country
Feed changes could reduce environmental impacts of pig farming
A new study has established a clear role for speciality feed ingredients for reducing the environmental impact of poultry and pig production with low-protein diets and the addition of phytase
Transgenic bananas to vaccinate pigs against PRRSV
A team of researchers from a Taiwanese university have developed an oral vaccine for pigs to protect them against Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV)
Wood-eating pigs may soon become a reality
A team of researchers at Tawian’s Tunghai University (THU) is working to create wood-eating, environmentally-friendly pigs, by splicing genes from cellulose-digesting microbes in termite guts into pigs