by admin | 07.17.2024

African swine fever in Europe: a race against time

African swine fever (ASF), a highly contagious and deadly disease for pigs, is casting a long shadow over Europe’s pork industry. While it poses no risk to humans, new cases have been discovered in no...

by admin | 07.11.2024

Livetec’s weekly news round up

Here at Livetec, we’re always keeping an eye on the poultry and pig stories making the news headlines. Here’s what piqued our interest this week:

by admin | 06.27.2024

Combating heat stress in UK piggeries

The traditional image of a pig relaxing in the mud is a familiar one, but for sows, hot weather can be a significant threat to their health and welfare. Heat stress is a condition where a pig struggle...

by admin | 06.17.2024

Contingency planning for African swine fever

Livetec were delighted to be asked to contribute their livestock disease outbreak experience to a panel discussion on Contingency Planning for African swine fever (ASF) at Pig and Poultry Fair 2024

by admin | 05.26.2024

African swine fever continues to plague the global pig industry

African swine fever (ASF) continues to plague the global pig industry with outbreaks flaring up from Asia to Europe and is endemic in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2023, Europe recorded 12,121 outbreaks – ne...

by admin | 09.11.2023

Concerns continue about African swine fever (ASF)

The UK Government has postponed post-Brexit border checks on food imports until the 31st of January 2024 for medium risk products, which has raised concerns from UK farming industry bodies about the r...

by admin | 07.05.2023

The latest on African Swine Fever

Recently the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) raised concern about a ‘jump’ in African Swine Fever (ASF) in Europe. This new incursion took place in early July in the Calabria region of Italy, wh...

by admin | 03.01.2023

Is the threat of African swine fever on the rise?

African swine fever (ASF) is once again in the headlines.

by admin | 12.28.2022

A deep dive into African Swine Fever

Should UK farmers be concerned? African Swine Fever (ASF) is something that we’re hearing more and more about across Europe. It’s a viral disease that can affect both domestic pigs and wild boars, wit...

by admin | 05.04.2022

African Swine Fever: Should UK farmers be worried?

In the last year there has been an increase in the number of cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) reported in countries across Europe, and there are fears that with the relaxation of Covid travel restri...