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As concerns about antimicrobial resistance increase, large investor groups are putting increased pressure on major food service organizations to reduce antimicrobial use in their protein supply chains. In response, food
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Master’s student asks real-world swine questions through research, aiming to take the answers to the farm.
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That challenge is present in the existing market, where the statewide median home sales price rose by 54% from 2018 to 2022.
dusanpetkovic | iStock.com African swine fever (ASF) virus has been detected in 3 more pig herds in South Africa, as well as at a town in the Philippines. Around mid-December, three new outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) were confirmed in domestic pigs in South Africa. All the premises are in Gauteng province, reported the agriculture department to the the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). Involving a total of 118 pigs, the outbreaks occurred on a small farm with 40 animals, and among two backyard herds. Approximately 40 of the pigs died, and one was slaughtered. The latest outb...