A miniature pig expert who runs an award-winning farm breeding the adorable creatures is sharing why pet pigs can be better ...

At a veterinarian’s office in South Jersey, a potbellied pig, Miles, is resting after eluding those trying to catch him as he traversed at least two towns. The 100-pound domesticated pig was ...

Swine brucellosis and pseudorabies are the most problematic because of the ease with which they can be transmitted to domestic pigs and the threat they pose to the pork industry. And those are ...

"The estimated number of feral pigs varies from 2.4 to 4.4 million in Australia, which creates a risk to domestic pigs if there is a disease incursion. "Disease outbreaks could devastate farmer's ...

Therefore, many feral hogs originated from domesticated pigs that were either let go or escaped and evolved into the species of feral hogs we see today. Feral hogs will often have genetic DNA from ...

Officials said that culling operations have begun in two districts of Mizoram to prevent further spread of the disease in the ...

Wild boars were purposely crossbred with pink domestic pigs to make a larger animal with a faster reproductive rate. The barrel-like bodies of wild boars can weigh up to 300 pounds. Their size and ...

International scientists said on Wednesday that they have come up with a reverse genetics system to aid the development ...