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Published: 9 Feb 2021

Animals farmed Could a deadly pig virus transform Germany’s fixation on 'cheap meat'?

African swine fever and Covid outbreaks among workers have raised questions over mega farms for pork

Published: 7 Jan 2021

Animals farmed How does one of the world’s biggest pork firms go bust during a boom?

A giant US player is quitting despite huge export hikes during the pandemic – the reasons why get to the heart of the industry

Published: 27 Oct 2020

Animals farmed 'Worst outbreak ever': Nearly a million pigs culled in Nigeria due to swine fever

Farmers report devastating losses as poor control measures are blamed for spread of infection across the country

Published: 18 Jun 2020

Animals farmed 'Unstoppable': African swine fever deaths to eclipse record 2019 toll

With world’s attention on Covid-19, warnings that lack of measures to contain pandemic could lead to culling of record number of pigs

Published: 27 May 2020

Animals farmed African swine fever outbreak reported in western Poland

Highly contagious virus fatal to pigs found close to German border, as illness continues to spread in China

Published: 8 Apr 2020

Animals farmed African swine fever destroying small pig farms, as factory farming booms – report

China is worst hit as lack of financial support leaves backyard farms struggling to survive while big companies continue to expand

Published: 11 Mar 2020

Animals farmed Appetite for 'warm meat' drives risk of disease in Hong Kong and China

A wet market, where animals are freshly slaughtered rather than chilled has been identified as the source of the coronavirus outbreak in China. But experts have long warned of dangers

Published: 23 Jan 2020

Animals farmed Fork out to pork out: Germany’s ‘schnitzel alert’ echoes around Europe

Sharp rise in wholesale pork prices prompts warnings over cost of bratwurst, chorizo and other seasonal fare

Published: 6 Dec 2019

‘Not enough pork in the world’ to deal with China’s demand for meat

With hundreds of millions of pigs dead from swine fever, exporters are scrambling to fill the gap. But prices are soaring

Published: 23 Nov 2019

Quarter of world's pig population 'to die due to African swine fever'

World Organisation for Animal Health warns spread of disease has inflamed worldwide crisis

Published: 31 Oct 2019
African swine fever: the deadly virus that has landed on Australia's doorstep

The deadly virus wreaking havoc in Asia has been detected in Timor-Leste, just 680km north of Darwin

Published: 12 Oct 2019

Animals farmed South Korea confirms African swine fever outbreak

UK government says it expects disease to arrive within a year as China ditches pork tariffs

Published: 17 Sep 2019
Philippines culls 7,000 pigs in outbreak of African swine fever

Infected pigs found in two towns near capital Manila, as country becomes latest to be hit by disease

Published: 9 Sep 2019

Animals farmed Meat infected by African swine fever found in UK for first time

Highly contagious virus can live for months in processed meat and would have ‘devastating implications’ if passed to live pigs

Published: 11 Jul 2019

The Hlcarpenter.com view on African swine fever: bad for people as well as pigs

Editorial: The current outbreak, linked to smallholders, is likely to affect prices around the world. But supersized animal farms are not the answer

Published: 6 Jun 2019

Hong Kong culls 6,000 pigs after African swine fever found

Incurable virus detected in a pig imported from Guangdong province in mainland China

Published: 10 May 2019

Animals farmed Deadly pig virus could hit US in a year, warn experts

African swine fever has been spreading rapidly in China and has also travelled from Russia and Eastern Europe to Belgium. Experts fear it is only a matter of time before it reaches the US.

Published: 7 Dec 2018

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