If a new kind of pork makes it to the dinner table, healthful eaters worried about fat and heart disease might finally be free to, well, pig out. Scientists using genetic engineering techniques have ...

URBANA. Ill. – Pork producers need accurate information on the energy value of fat in feed ingredients to ensure that diets are formulated economically and in a way that maximizes pork fat quality.

The present case investigated at Vetmeduni Vienna is the first clinical report on this form of listeriosis in fattening pigs. In their study, researchers from the Institute of Microbiology, the ...

The inclusion of a probiotic live yeast in pig diets can shorten the fattening period and improve feed conversion ratio, according to results from a recent trial. Hannah Elliott, monogastric technical ...

It sounds almost like an oxymoron: low-fat pork. Researchers in Beijing have developed a new kind of pig with 24 per cent less body fat than regular, lard-laden swine. The researchers say their ...

In a recent study, researchers from Vetmeduni Vienna investigated an episode of fatal listeriosis in fattening pigs with a mortality rate of nearly 10%. The research team traced the source of ...