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March 23, 2015
Roger Fletcher: Tri-Solfen® a must for lamb mulesing
“I have been using Trisolfen to mules up to 12,000 lambs yearly since the product became available. The most important part of a lamb’s life is certainly the first six to twelve months when the lambs need to be given the best opportunity to grow. Trisolfen helps to prevent any setbacks to their growth that …
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November 3, 2014
Temple Grandin Published Paper – ‘Animal Welfare and Society Concerns – finding the missing link’
Dr Temple Grandin references topical pain relief product, Tri-Solfen, as the most practical pain relief product for farmers to administer during cattle castration:- For extensively raised cattle, there is a need to have practical methods to reduce pain that can be applied at the same time the animal is castrated. An anesthetic gel developed in …
October 18, 2014
BeefEx: Beef can learn from mining, says Andrew Forrest
“Beef Industry needs to be able to say cattle lived contented pain-free and fear-free lives” said Andrew Forrest. Australia’s cattle industry can learn from the mining sector’s approach of proactively addressing issues and diffusing the criticism of detractors, Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest, told last week’s BeefEx conference on the Gold Coast via a video message. http://www.beefcentral.com/features/beefex-2014/beefex-beef-can-learn-from-mining-says-andrew-forrest/
April 9, 2014
Animal welfare policy needs more science and less emotion
‘Animal welfare policy is certainly one of the most complex issues the agricultural sector and the community have to grapple with, and it is important to approach it carefully and objectively, without knee-jerk decisions driven by emotive images or anthropomorphism’, according to Mick Keogh, Executive Director of the Australian Farm Institute. This is a key …
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