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ILRI News on pigs

31 Jul 2019

Kenyan livestock sector to grow ‘exponentially’—Kenya National Bureau of Statistics

Cattle grazing at ILRI’s Kapiti Ranch Research Station, outside Nairobi, in Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Paul Karaimu). Kenya’s livestock sector is primed to grow exponentially over the next three decades and anchor the country’s food sufficiency amid a rapid rise in the human population, a new survey...

ILRI Asia blog

24 Jul 2019

Chi Nguyen

The Battle to Curb Swine Fever in Southeast Asia

(This post was written by Preeti Jha and originally posted on the Diplomat Magazine in which she interviewed Fred Unger and Hu Suk Lee, scientists at ILRI Hanoi office) ‘Some 3 million pigs have been slaughtered in Vietnam since African swine fever was detected in February, making Vietnam the first...

ILRI Asia blog

12 Jul 2019

Chi Nguyen

The scourge of antibiotics in animal feed

(This post was written by Aisling Irwin and originally posted on http://www.scidev.net . Some research findings by the International Livestock Research Institute were picked up.) ‘Antibiotics are routinely added to animal feed in poor nations, fuelling superbugs. But new solutions are emerging,...

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Publications on pigs

Presentation

Published2019

Accelerating sustainable safe pork production in Uganda

Presentation

Published2019

Risk communication experience on African swine fever in Southeast Asia

Journal Article

Published2019

Seroprevalence of leptospirosis and Japanese encephalitis in swine in ten provinces of Vietnam

Brief

Published2019

Overview of typical pork value chains in Vietnam

Journal Article

Published2019

Simulation of control scenarios of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome in Nghe An Province in Vietnam

Journal Article

Published2019

Gene expression profiling of porcine skeletal muscle satellite cells after poly(I:C) stimulation

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ILRI Projects on pigs

Feb 2018Jan 2020

Health and antibiotics in Vietnamese pig production

Vietnam’s economy and population are growing rapidly. Production and consumption of animal products are increasing even faster. To manage pig diseases and increase meat production, farmers are turning to antibiotics and other antimicrobials, creating a hotbed for resistance to antibiotic drugs...

Oct 2017Apr 2022

Market-based approaches to improving the safety of pork in Vietnam (SafePORK)

In Vietnam, pork is the most widely consumed meat and nearly all is sold in traditional (wet) markets. These markets supply nutritious and delicious food to millions of people. Yet, food hazards are pervasive, food scares common, trust in food low and enforcement capacity weak. Unsurprisingly,...

Jul 2017Jul 2020

Improving pig genetics in Uganda

Research conducted by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and partners has identified poor genetics as a key factor in hampering pig production in Uganda. This issue has been also repeatedly raised by a number of stakeholders—including smallholder pig keepers and other value chain...