Pigs are already an incredibly intelligent species and while they can be fairly tame as domesticated animals, feral hogs are ...

Social Pigs: More Than Just Farm Animals Pigs can make amazing pets ... Despite their reputation as garbage eaters, domestic pigs should not be fed scraps or leftovers; instead, they thrive ...

The fight continues against the invasive spread of wild boar in Alberta and its inherent disease risk and damage to the ...

Finally, improved animal husbandry reduced disease among domestic pigs, thereby reducing the incidence among wild hogs. Few purebred Eurasian wild boars are left today, but they have hybridized ...

The US Food and Drug Administration granted approval yesterday (December 14) for a genetically modified line of pigs that marks the first time a GM animal has been given the regulatory greenlight for ...

In 1988, with assistance from farmers, veterinarians and ethologists who specialize in the natural behavior of farmed animals, AWI developed its first set of pig husbandry standards. In 1989, AWI ...

The virus causes a hemorrhagic fever with high mortality rates in domestic pigs; some isolates can cause death of animals as quickly as a week after infection. “The need of the hour is to ...