Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Danish Committee of Pig Breeding and Production (DCPBP) jointly announce the public release of pig genomic sequences.

According to livestock experts, there are over 100 breeds of pig in the world. However, in Kenya, farmers concentrate on four major breeds, which do well in the market. The breeds include the: Large ...

Similarly to how different cow breeds produce different qualities of beef, certain pig breeds produce better quality pork than others. Duroc is a common breed of pig that produces high quality, super ...

A Cornish pig farmer is pressing for more efforts to preserve rare breeds as a report raises concerns about their conservation in the UK. Giles Eustice from Trevaskis Farm near Hayle, highlighted the ...

Half of all pigs live in China – and well over half of them eat feed laced with antibiotic “growth promoters”. Now Chinese and US researchers have found that this practice is spawning a tide of ...