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Human killer let loose?

Fatal influenza virus strain found in pigs

Have virus, will donate

Viruses acquired from animal organ and tissue transplants can harm humans

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Organ piggybank

Genetically engineered pigs could substitute human organ donors

On a killing spree

Malaysia orders immediate killing of a million pigs; virus claims more than 85 lives

Graphic Editor Sorit Gupto on Oxford University Press ban over mention of pigs

African Swine Fever scare: 700 pigs culled in Damoh, Madhya Pradesh

The infection has spread like wildfire in the area, according to local veterinarian doctors

Containing the contagion

Picking on pigs

Pygmy hog thrives

Deforestation, change in crop pattern, direct fallout of China’s pork push

The globe’s largest pork market and industry is changing itself and others in its mission to produce huge amounts of the meat

What next?

African swine fever killed over 9,000 pigs in Mizoram

The first ASF outbreak was reported 100 years ago in Kenya

Pigs tested positive for JE may not be from MP, say officials

Say the city is not disease endemic

Pigs in Delhi found carrying Japanese encephalitis virus

Seven people have tested positive for the disease since September

Mizoram swine flu outbreak: humans at risk of infection

The swine flu and PRRS outbreak, which killed over 2,900 pigs in Mizoram since March, could mean an increased risk of transmission of swine …

The pygmy hog: to the brink of extinction and back

The pygmy hog, the smallest member of the pig family, was almost wiped out, but a careful breeding programme, as well as taking care of the …

Antimicrobial resistance: How biosecurity in livestock can be a tool to improve animal health, reduce antimicrobial use 

Inability to measure biosecurity and hygiene status of a farm has been a major obstacle

First human-monkey embryos created – a small step towards a huge ethical problem

We believe monkeys to have lower moral status than humans; but what about human-monkey chimeras?

Pork industry cautious but not worried about African swine fever yet

While the disease has led to culling of 600,000 swine in China in the last five months, Indian breeders and sellers don't yet feel threatened by it

Human factor in swine flu

Painful entry for Poland into the EU

ZOE YOUNG travels through Poland to find that its farmers dread integration with the EU

African Swine Fever hits ICAR centre in Assam, state govt’s farm; 292 pigs culled

Exact cause of disease’s spread to both facilities not ascertained yet; losses to the tune of Rs 6-7 lakh incurred

Over half of India’s cattle, goats, sheep and swine are non-descript: Government

New government report finds fewer indigenous individuals among these species, although experts blame non-registration of breeds as a reason