Dromadaire - B.Faye (c) Cirad

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The dromedary and the pig are two livestock species that have few in common, but they both face similar issues...

H1N1

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During 2009, pandemic influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus affected humans on Réunion Island. Since then, the virus has sustained circulation among local swine herds, raising concerns about the potential for genetic evolution of the virus and possible retransmission back to humans of variants with increased virulence.

Hepatitis E virus

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Hepatitis E virus (HEV) causes an orofecal disease transmitted through poor hygiene environments, contaminated food (mainly pork products), or by contacts with infected animals. Very little data are currently available regarding the disease in the Southwestern Indian Ocean Islands. We report the first sero- and viro-survey for HEV in human and swine in Madagascar.

scavenging pig, Madagascar (c) Cirad, 2013

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In many parts of the developing world, pigs are kept under low-input systems where they roam freely to scavenge food. This study from University of Edinburgh and ILRI used Global Positioning System (GPS) technology to track free range domestic pigs in rural western Kenya, in order to understand their movement patterns and interactions withelements of the peri-domestic environment.

feedipedia screenshot

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Feedipedia is an open access information system on animal feed resources that provides information on nature, occurrence, chemical composition, nutritional value and safe use of nearly 1400 worldwide livestock feeds. It is managed jointly by INRA, CIRAD, AFZ and FAO.