Pig/Poultry
Irish and US researchers using AI to improve piglet survival rates
Researchers from the Pig Development Department at Teagasc Moorepark are taking part in an international programme focused on improving piglet...
piglets
Pig/Poultry
Nutritional factors that impact on piglet performance post-weaning
The recent Teagasc annual pig conference provided an opportunity to highlight those nutritional factors that impact on piglet performance, directly...
Sponsored
Watch: How Cavan farm partnership combats scour
Scour occurs when the gut becomes compromised and calves lose proper functioning of the intestine, resulting in diarrhoea and loss...
Pig/Poultry
Research: Saliva sampling may help pig farmers target treatments
Researchers around the EU have been studying how sampling saliva from piglets and sows could help farmers to target treatments...
CAP / Schemes
Watch: Farmland - piglet study and dealing with the energy crisis
This week’s episode of Farmland hears details of a Teagasc study into piglet development and features a sit-down interview with TD Michael...
Agri Politics
'Spiderpig' born in South America as sow has piglet with 8 legs
A farmer in Argentina was shocked to discover that one of his sows had given birth to a deformed piglet...