Ministry of Agriculture Scenario Involves Culling for Bird Flu in Pigs

Ministry of Agriculture Scenario Involves Culling for Bird Flu in Pigs

The scenario drawn up by the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality includes a scenario involving culling if bird flu makes pigs sick. That is possible in theory. Only if it cannot be ruled out that several pigs have become infected with bird flu, should the entire pig population on an infected farm be … Read more

Introduction of Baden-Württemberg Quality Mark (QZ BW) for Orchards in Summer 2024

Introduction of Baden-Württemberg Quality Mark (QZ BW) for Orchards in Summer 2024

The Baden-Württemberg quality mark (QZ BW) is to be introduced for orchards in the summer of 2024. A round table with Agriculture Minister Peter Hauk set the key points of the Baden-Württemberg quality mark (QZ BW) for orchards in the summer of 2023, as can be read in an industry information document. Accordingly, for future … Read more

Warning Issued: Nipah Virus Threatens the World as Scientists Show Concern

Warning Issued: Nipah Virus Threatens the World as Scientists Show Concern

After suffering for 3 years with the Corona virus and its variants, after the severity of the virus decreased, and the beginning of recovery from the effects of the terrifying pandemic, scientists began to warn about the “Nipah” virus, which is transmitted from bats, pigs, and animals. Although it did not begin to spread, some … Read more

European Project Testing African Swine Fever Vaccine on Wild Boars: A Step Towards Protecting the Industry

European Project Testing African Swine Fever Vaccine on Wild Boars: A Step Towards Protecting the Industry

A European project, led by the Spanish veterinarian José Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaínois going to test on wild boars a African swine fever vaccine a disease that scares the European pig industry due to the serious economic damage that a single infection on a farm would entail. Currently, there is no vaccine in Europe. The one created … Read more

Pig Price Plunge: Impact on Dutch Slaughterhouses and German Market

Pig Price Plunge: Impact on Dutch Slaughterhouses and German Market

What is going on? Few pigs, which are not yet heavy either, and therefore little to sell meat. You would think that these are the ingredients for a better pig price. But nothing could be further from the truth. The processing industry is asking for a little less meat due to the holidays and the … Read more

End of an Era: Munich Slaughters its Last Pigs

End of an Era: Munich Slaughters its Last Pigs

Munich’s Schweineschlachtung München GmbH has closed its doors for the last time, ending its 19-year run of slaughtering pigs on Zenettistrasse. The decision was made due to a significant decrease in the number of animals being slaughtered, as well as increasing problems with animal rights activists. The company’s managing director, Markus Pöllot, expressed difficulty in … Read more

“Pig Almond Microorganisms May Be Key to Antibiotic-Free Pig Farming”

Microorganisms from pig almonds may be useful as probiotics instead of antibiotics to prevent infections in pigs. This is what Isabela Fernandes de Oliveira says in the WUR journal Resource. She obtained her PhD with her study of new ways to reduce antibiotic use on farms. Among the micro-organisms that occur naturally in the animals, … Read more

“Expert Council Recommends Measures to Minimize Risks of Bird Flu and Influenza Viruses in Pigs”

POV is in talks with the ministries of LNV and VWS about the advice and the practical elaboration of bird flu (HPAI) and influenza viruses. An important nuance is that it mainly concerns bird flu and not influenza in pigs. One of the recommendations is that keeping both poultry and pigs at one business location … Read more