An Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station study showed female pigs had better reproductive health when placed on a slow-growth diet before being bred. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Borrowing a page from the ...

The College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry under Central Agricultural University (CAU) Imphal, Jalukie campus, conducted a three-day Skill Development training programme on Frontline Demon ...

In the wake of World War II, the rise of industrial agriculture fundamentally changed the world of meat production. Large-scale operations prioritized a few specialized pig breeds, optimized for ...

It wants its livestock to grow faster, consume less feed, tolerate heat better, resist disease and produce larger litters of piglets—all goals for intensive breeding programs that look years into the ...

A company used CRISPR to make the animals resistant to deadly diseases, but watchdogs say viruses are not the problem. By Andrew Paul Published Feb 23, 2024 2:00 PM EST Get the Popular Science daily ...

Intensive research is being carried out to enable the transplantation of organs from specially bred pigs to humans. However, the pig genome contains the genomes of various endogenous retroviruses ...