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 ...

MADRID (Reuters) -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 ...

No to intensive pig farming in Caniga. About a hundred protesters gathered this evening in Sassari's Piazza d'Italia to protest the ongoing operation at the factory in the Sassari district, which ...

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 ...

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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Agriculture has helped make the Netherlands rich, but experts warn that the density of farms and the increasing number of animals in one of the most intensive agricultural ...

Pig farmer Elly Ochieng tends to his pigs at his piggery in Nyangoma Kogello village, Siaya County. [Kepher Otieno, Standard] Elly Ochieng', 48, is busy cleaning the piggery in Kogello village, Siaya ...

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 ...