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Pet Pigs - Risk Management for E.coli O157:H7 infection: Zoos with pig petting Zoonotic infections
Veterinary Homeopathy - Homeopathic Treatment of Animal Diseases & Swine Stillbirths: CHEAL
Organic Bacon Pork Sausages - Market Expansion in UK & EU: Organic Pigs
Epidemic Swine Diseases - UK Preparedness - EU Criticisms: FMD Section
Pig Welfare - Survey of Consumer Willingness to Pay for Improvements: Market Research
Stomach Ulcers in Finishers - Environmental Enrichment reduced esophagogastric lesions: Research
Pig Welfare - Code of Practice for Housing and Management: UK Home Office
Farm Animal Welfare - Pork eating is natural for hominids: American Assoc. Advancement of Science
Medication Use & Antibiotic Resistance Issues in Pig Production: PNI Review (279Kb)
On-line Slide Presentation - Heart Attack Symptoms & First Aid: Cambridge Healing
OIE New Warning that Bird Flu Epidemic could worsen: Influenza News
Antibiotic Resistance - Therapeutic Usage Risk Management in U.K. Pigs: .DOC (313kb) .PDF (1.2Mb)
Pig Welfare - New Zealand introduces new 2005 code of practice: News Books
Toxoplasma gondii - Pork from Welfare-friendly farming systems - Cook Well! Survey
Salmonella Control in Pig Herds - Trends in Europe: Salmonella reviews
Pig growth promoters in the European Union: December 2004
Free-range Hog Production Rising as U.S. Pork Industry Bounces Back: Organic Pigs
Influenza Virus Epidemic: Increased Virulence to Mammals - Healthy Ducks as Carriers: Bird Flu News
Understanding Pigs - Their Needs & Welfare![]()
Author of "The Whole Hog - Exploring the Extraordinary Potential of Pigs" is biologist Lyall Watson who has tracked pigs in the wild, observed their resourceful and playful lives and deciphered their language of vocal sounds. During forty million years of evolution, pigs have become increasingly versatile, gregarious and more curious. Sixteen species of wild pigs are found over all continents except Australia (feral pigs only) and Antarctica.
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Dioxin Scare - Cattle, Pig Sheep & Goat farms: Belgium Germany Netherlands
Toxoplasma infection more common on Outdoor Pig Farms: Organic Pig Farming
Influenza Infected 1,000 People as well as EU Poultry & Pigs last year: Influenza news
Grilled Guinea-pig rivals Pork - How tasteful is that?: Cambridge Healers
Farm Animal Welfare - Controversial New Video: Welfare section
Epidemic livestock diseases in the European Union during 2004: Summary
HPAI Influenza - Human to Human spread: Influenza section
FMD Carcase Disposal Site now a Nature Reserve: Foot and Mouth Disease
Boiling to Sterilise - How long is needed?: Cambridge Healing & Health
Salmonella in Pig Herds - Feed & Water Acidification Questioned: Salmonella reviews
Emerging Virus Epidemics - EU Call for Veterinary / Medical Co-operation: Influenza section
Farming Bioterrorism Threat - Protective measures: Agroterrorism reviews
Bird Flu Epidemic in Asia - Spread to Pigs in China: Update September 10
Making Every Decision - Your Best Decision
Decision-making ability as a key business and career management skill, but few people have the training they need to make good quality decisions consistently.
Becoming a good decision-maker is like training to be a top athlete - Just as the best coaches use training methods to help athletes develop proper techniques and avoid mistakes, Drs. Russo and Schoemaker have developed a programme that can help you avoid "decision traps" - the ten common decision-making errors that most people make over and over again.Sample pages & Ordering information: USA Canada UK & Europe
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Infertility - Endocrine Disruptors in the Environment: Cambridge Holistic Health
Toxic Residues - Pork clean - Cadmium in Feedstuffs - Fish & Poultry problems: Cambridge Holistic Lifestyle
Stress level - Personal & Employee Health Monitoring: Technology News
Pig Quiz!
a) Who is this man?
b) What is his connection with pigs?
c) What is his connection with swine erysipelas?
d) What is his connection with the disease ergotism?Answers
Can Pigs Fly? - The story of the first Flying Pig: Porkopolis
An Anthology of Pig Poetry: Porkopolis
Endemic pig disease - Surveillance reports for UK 2003-2004 : VLA
Pig Diseases forecast for July 2004 - United Kingdom: NADIS
Pig Liver Faggot industry in Britain feels threatened by Ofcom ban
Salmonella control - Improving Gut Health: Review
U.S. Veterinarians criticized for support of Gestation Sow Stalls: Campaign1 Campaign2
Pig Population and Slaughtering Statistics - EU & United Kingdom 2004: Defra (large file)
UK Animal health - Chief Veterinary Officer's Report for 2003: just published
Pig farmers carry antibiotic-resistant bacteria: New French Research
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Workplace Lessons
We can learn from Pigs!
Agroterrorism - bioterrorism threats to agriculture: U.S. Report
Enzootic pneumonia - Prevention & Treatment with Antibiotics: Review (114k PDF)
Pig Herd Health Problems Warnings - UK & Europe: NADIS-May2004
Bubonic Plague bacteria found in USA: May 5th 2004
Livestock Farming - Pigmeat Safety - Animal Welfare: Special Offers
Pig Breeding - Nutrition - Disease Control - Management: Special Offers
UK Defra responds to "Welfare of Farmed Animals at Slaughter or Killing": April 2004
Free-Access Scientific Literature - The big debate + Review Articles: The Journal Nature
Farm Animal Disease & Welfare Inspections by The European Union: Ireland Netherlands
Animal Research & Animal Welfare - Trends in Britain: Nature BBC
PMWS epidemic grows worse in New Zealand: May 2004 Background
Nipah Virus zoonotic outbreaks in Bangladesh - Human Deaths: April 2004
Pork sales boosted by Atkins diet & Bird Flu: AnimalNet
Foot-and-Mouth disease updates: March 31 2004
Domestic Animal Breeds - Loss of genetic resources alarm: FAO
Epidemics affecting people - New EU Centre for Disease Prevention and Control: ECDC
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Free Production Calculators & Spreadsheets for breeding sows and finishing pigs: Iowa Pork
Premix of feed antibiotic included resistance genes: Shock implications
Antibiotic Use & Antimicrobial Resistance - What You Need to Know: UK National Library
The Trend Towards On-farm Food Safety: Prof. Frans van Knapen
UK Government Vet admits error leading to 2001 foot and mouth epidemic: FMD News
Smithfield Foods threatens UK pig industry with E. Europe imports: Press release Invest East of England
(Smithfield has pig production interests in Eastern European countries that will join the EU in May 2004)
Open-access, On-line Publishing Revolution - U.K. Government Investigation: Inquiry
Control of Enzootic Pneumonia due to Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae: Antibiotics - Vaccination
New Emerging Disease - Porcine Myocarditis - NSW Australia:
OIE February 27 Factsheet Virus particles News reports: A B Ecology
Medical advice for people in contact with Bird 'Flu: February 20th
Survey of Salmonella in pork & pig abattoirs in Europe: new research
Food Safety & Farming in Perspective - Public Lecture: Sir John Krebs
Bird 'Flu epidemic may spread to Europe: February 20th
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Storey's Guide to Raising Pigs
UK Pig Disease Reports & Warnings for February 2004: NADIS
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The Ethology of Domestic Animals
An Introductory Textbook
on
Practical Aspects of Behaviour, Stress & Welfare
Multi-author textbook Edited by Professor Per Jensen
Contents & Review
Strategic Approach to Salmonella Control: Economic simulations
Graph Theory Applied to Classical Swine Fever: Epidemic control tool
Antibiotic Growth Promoters - Alternatives: Performance Enhancers(3.6Mb PDF)
Avian Influenza Virus Infection - Latest Facts: February 2004
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