In the quiet backyards of many rural communities, a small but important animal has sustained families for generations. Known locally as the native pig, this breed (Sus scrofa domesticus) is more than ...

Fifteen years after the Fukushima disaster, escaped domestic pigs interbred with native wild boar, revealing an unusual ...

Houttuynia cordata extract, a traditional medicinal plant-derived product, is emerging as a potential alternative to antibiotics in pig production. The extract demonstrates broad antimicrobial, ...

Aug. 22 (UPI) --As if those in the agriculture industry don't have enough frustrations, wild pigs are making life harder for farmers throughout the South and other parts of the nation by causing ...

The PHP3.1 million multiplier farm at University of Abra (UA), the former Abra State Institute for Science and Technology ...

BRITAIN’S ONE-PIG policy was a success. In 1955 the government endorsed an “improved bacon pig” to help revive the ailing pork industry. A few breeds competed for the role but the portly Large White, ...