According to livestock experts, there are over 100 breeds of pig in the world. However, in Kenya, farmers concentrate on four major breeds, which do well in the market. The breeds include the ...

1. There are 11 native British pig breeds and all of them are at risk of extinction according to the Rare Breeds Survival Trust. Most pork and bacon comes from cross-bred hybrid pigs which started ...

Developed in 2004 by the National Institute of Agrarian Innovation, this breed was created to meet the high demand for guinea pig meat across the nation. Guinea pigs have been central to the ...

Kew Little Pigs founder Olivia Mikhail, who is based in Old Amersham Bucks, visited the Hogs and Kisses farm in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada recently, and met with owner Suzanne Latchford.

German scientists plan to clone and then breed this year genetically modified pigs to serve as heart donors for humans, based on a simpler version of a US-engineered animal used last month in the ...

Prohibition of the Code of Edinburg, Virginia does not allow individuals to own pigs or hogs with the exception of three breeds — pot-bellied pigs, miniature pigs and Kunekune pigs. In addition, pig ...

Peru is celebrating two decades since the creation of a genetically modified breed of guinea pig, a rodent whose meat has formed a part of the diet of people in the Andean nation for thousands of ...