Consumers would rather pay more for pork when pigs are treated well than for those that have a lower climate footprint.
The United States Food and Drug Administration has authorized gene-edited pigs entrance into the food chain for human consumption.
"...our voices have a direct impact on the emotional state of animals, which is very interesting from an animal welfare perspective."
Zinc plays a key role in the ability of sperm to fertilize an egg, research finds. The discovery could improve artificial insemination of livestock.
Grunts reveal if a pig is happy, excited, scared, stressed, or somewhere in between, a new study of 7,000 recordings shows.
An automated technique uses satellite imagery to determine when swine waste lagoons were constructed, which indicates their environmental impact.
Pigs can get infected with SARS-CoV-2, but the infection is limited, they don't show symptoms, and they can't spread it. New research finds a clue to why.
When they uproot soil, wild pigs worldwide release more carbon dioxide every year than 1.1 million cars.
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