Bird flu has been found in at least one pig at a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the H5N1 virus in swine in the United States, the U.S. Agriculture Department said Wednesday.

U.S. agriculture officials said Wednesday that a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon had tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu, ...

Prior to 1995, almost all Chinese pig production was from backyard operations. Less than 15 years later, commercial operations that produce 50 to 1,000 pigs exceeded backyard production.

However, rural areas are experiencing a unique problem, pet pigs are being dumped and abandoned. Backyard breeding is an ongoing issue, here in Racine County, one hobby farmer has had to take in ...

Apparently the outbreak, following on 389 samples of pigs, indicates that the highly contagion disease was localized in ”a small production of backyard pigs from the provinces of Sánchez ...