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August 14, 2018
Brazil about to move forward with pig welfare law
The Brazilian government has launched an initiative that should lead to the obligation of group housing for gestating sows as well as several other improvements in pig welfare. To that end, the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply initiated a so-called ‘public consultation’, this July. Producers, consumers, as well as NGOs and the Brazilian …
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August 7, 2018
Maintaining growth in calves can be helped with the use of pain relief at marking
Article by Jamie Brown, originally published in The Land – 6 August 2018, Australia Werris Creek near Tamworth is feeling the pinch of drought, with failed winter crop turning alluvial flats dun brown. Along the softer northern slopes, native grasses are doing a bit better but Jim Lomax, aged 92, has never recalled it so …
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August 2, 2018
Dehorning pain relief welcomed by Cattle Council of Australia
Original article by Simone Smith, The Weekly Times AUSTRALIA’S peak cattle lobby group has encouraged all beef producers to consider the use of a pain relief product recently approved for dehorning and disbudding. Cattle Council of Australia president Howard Smith said the gel called Tri-Solfen, available from rural resellers and previously used for castration as …
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August 1, 2018
Dehorning pain relief welcomed
Original article by SIMONE SMITH, The Weekly Times August 1, 2018 AUSTRALIA’S peak cattle lobby group has encouraged all beef producers to consider the use of a pain relief product recently approved for dehorning and disbudding. Cattle Council president Howard Smith said the gel called Tri-Solfen, available from rural resellers and previously used for castration …