About the study In the present study, researchers investigated the associations between intensive pig rearing, the emergence of novel S. suis lineages, and their potential for zoonotic spillover.

In the 1980s, a "big" pig farm had 100 pigs. Now it has 5000 crammed into massive industrial indoor units.

MADRID (Reuters) -Environmental groups and residents are suing the Spanish state and the region of Galicia in a landmark case over alleged decades-long mismanagement of pollution caused by intensive ...

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 ...

A closer look at the data on H1N1 cases in B.C. and the rest of Canada suggests the pandemic has a much closer relationship with pig farming than suspected.

In a legal first, Spanish citizens have launched court action against national and regional authorities over intensive pig-rearing. The residents say the mismanagement of pollution from decades of ...

MADRID — Environmental groups and residents are suing the Spanish state and the region of Galicia in a landmark case over alleged decades-long mismanagement of pollution caused by intensive pig ...