SCIENTISTS have warned ‘zombie deer disease’, fatal to every animal it infects, has potential to spread to humans. Medically known as chronic wasting disease (CWD), the condition ...

The province is now placing a moratorium on new wild boar farms, which means no new wild pig farms are able to operate. Farms ...

When it was all over, 25 wild pigs had been gunned down, tested for disease and carted away to an approved mass grave in Osage County. “They were feral swine, which means they were domestic pigs ...

The National Veterinary Research Institute in Poland reports the first molecular detection of Sarcocystis miescheriana in a ...

while pigs are domesticated animals cultivated for livestock. However, pigs and wild boars are two different animals with ...

Rare parasite discovered in Polish pigs; experts highlight economic impact, health risks and advances in meat inspections.

NatureScot refers to these animals as feral pigs, and said they include hybrids - a mix of boar and domestic pigs following interbreeding. The public body said it has best practice guidance on ...

When able to control the photoperiod for themselves, pigs prefer some light and some dark every hour of the day and every hour of the night. Although light onset is only weakly reinforcing to pigs ...

Beijing appears keen to quell subversive enthusiasm for the cartoon by trying to promote friendly domestic pig cartoons instead. Peppa Pig has been long popular with children in China, and has ...