Reading Time: 3 minutes After years of research, a University of Saskatchewan research team has discovered new information about pig ear necrosis and how to control it.
Scientists discover cause of pig ear necrosis
The research findings include development of a vaccine that will help producers control the disfiguring disease
Gene edited, PRRS resistant pig approved in Canada
Canada has given its stamp of approval to pigs gene edited to resist porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS).
Canadian company calls for transparency on gene-edited pigs
PRRS-resistant pigs could bolster animal health, but Quebec company duBreton says Canadian approval of the gene-edited livestock could also cause consumer confusion
Reading Time: 3 minutes Quebec pork company duBreton says Canadian approval of gene-edited pigs could cause consumer confusion without labelling rules on the meat.
Quebec pork company calls for transparency around gene-edited pigs
Quebec-based pork company duBreton is calling for transparency around meats from gene-edited pigs on concerns that a lack of mandatory labelling will confuse consumers, and dilute certification claims. The organic sector is also calling for labelling rules.
China wants slimmer pigs
Chinese government cracking down on speculative “refattening” practice
Chinese farmers and small firms have increasingly bought market-ready pigs from larger breeders and fattened them in a bet on higher prices, but the government is cracking down on the speculative practice to slim down hogs and stabilize the market.
Pigs can’t fly: U.S. high-end livestock breeders lose millions in China tariff fallout
China has been a key importer of American hog and dairy cattle genetics, but shipments have stalled
China is one of the biggest importers of American breeding pigs and other livestock genetic material such as cattle semen. These lucrative niche export markets had been growing, but dried up since U.S. President Donald Trump started a trade war with Beijing.
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