Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) causes severe economic losses to current swine production worldwide. Highly pathogenic PRRSV (HP-PRRSV), originated from a genotype 2 PRRSV, is more virulent than classical PRRSV and further exacerbates the economic impact. HP-PRRSV has...

The study objective is to quantify the annual production levels and the variation associated with several key performance indicators for the swine industry in all swine production phases (i.e. sow farm, nursery, wean-to-finish, and conventional finisher facilities) for the previous six calendar...

Rose Acre Farms of Seymour, Indiana-based farm, has issued a recall of 206,749,248 eggs in connection with 22 cases of salmonella on the East...

A newly identified coronavirus that killed nearly 25,000 piglets in 2016-17 in China emerged from horseshoe bats near the origin of the severe acute...

Organic fertilizers (livestock manures and other agricultural wastes or by-products) and chemical fertilizers can be applied to aquaculture ponds to increase fish or shrimp production. Pond fertilization increases concentrations of nitrogen, phosphorus and other plant nutrients to stimulate...

25 - 26 October 2018 - Hong Kong

Objective: Suitable dose of dietary manganese (Mn) supplementation for sub-adult Litopenaeus vannamei was studied to provide scientific basis for the formulation of L. vannamei compound feed. Method: With MnSO4.H2O as source of Mn, six Mn supplementation doses were set: 0 (control), 50, 100, 150,...