Defra has updated its code of practice for the welfare of pigs, which includes revised guidance on issues such as enrichment, tail docking and record keeping. The code is the practical interpretation ...

A new pig code is expected to be in place by April next year. Professor David Mellor, Chairman of the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC) said this allows those who have already made ...

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Scientists have decoded the pig genome, revealing that besides ham, bacon, the domestic swine may play a key role in fighting human diseases. Pigs and humans share 112 DNA mutations which in Man have ...

JUST NINE New Zealand pig farms comply with a pig welfare certification code developed by the SPCA two years ago. The SPCA certification system for pigs was developed after an approach from ...