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Fifth pig herd in Bulgaria is hit by African swine fever
2019-07-31 12:05:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
Bulgarian authorities announced today (31 July) that they would cull 17,000 pigs after detecting an outbreak of African swine fever at a breeding farm in the north of the country.
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Success story: use of antibiotics in German pig herd continues to decline
2019-06-10 15:02:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
Latest figures indicate that the use of antibiotics in pig farming has reduced by 41.9 percent in the past four years.
NPA briefs UK pig herd on African swine fever
2019-03-08 14:31:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
The NPA provides a current situation report on ASF around the world and discusses the potential impacts of an outbreak on the UK pig herd.
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China’s pig herd suffers third ASF outbreak
2018-08-21 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
The ASF death toll rises further as 88 pigs die on one farm in the Haizhou District, Lianyungang city, and a further 615 are confirmed to be infected with the African swine fever virus
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Canadian Pig Herd Continues to Grow
2017-09-04 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - As at 1 July, the number of pigs on holdings in Canada rose for the fifth consecutive year to 14.1 million head, 2 per cent up on the same period in 2016 and 12 per cent higher than 1 July 2012, according to latest data from Statistics Canada, reports Millie Askew, Senior Analyst at AHDB.
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