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Why cooperative Lar wants to stay ‘clean’


Column: Immunity and stress


Interview Hugues Six, Hendrix Genetics


Five names to remember in the pig industry Column: The pessimistic pig


6 COVER STORY


Danish pig breeding company DanBred recently published a new manual on how to make a success of having their Duroc boars on-farm. Here in Pig Progress an introduction to one of the chapters: how to train the boars.


12 HEALTH


The sea has not been able to stop the march of African Swine Fever in Asia. In Sep- tember 2019 the virus was also confirmed in the Philip- pines. What happened on the islands exactly and what are some of the longer-term perspectives?


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FARM VISIT


In recent years, Spain has overtaken Germany as the largest pig country in Europe. New technologi- cal advances have emerged there. The Albesa Ramadera farm near Lleida aims to com- bine welfare with sustain- ability, efficiency and transparency.


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