In a recent study published in the journal PNAS, researchers investigated how large-scale livestock rearing may result in the emergence and transmission of novel, potentially zoonotic pathogens. They ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MADRID (Reuters) -The top court in Spain's northwestern Galicia region has ordered that authorities stamp out pollution linked to ...

Intensive animal farming may increase the risk of future pandemics, a new study has found. The findings go against the conventional wisdom that industrialized farming reduces the risk of disease ...

Pollution from the pig and poultry farming sectors is harming the environment, a report has warned. The findings from the report from the Wildlife Trusts into the environmental impact of the sectors ...

Prime Minister John Key says he found television footage of intensive pig farming "very, very disturbing". TVNZ's Sunday programme aired footage by animal welfare organisation Open Rescue, who were ...

In 2018, the African swine fever swept through China. It resulted in the loss of approximately 10 million pigs, leading to a ...

In intensive pig farming of Western and Southern Europe, welfare concerns are still often related to barren environments and crowded conditions. Pig producers need to balance the requirements to ...

MADRID — The top court in Spain's northwestern Galicia region has ordered that authorities stamp out pollution linked to intensive pig farming in a landmark case highlighting decades-long ...