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Medical Ethics in the Media
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News articles
April 6, 2014
Use of Lidocaine in Pigs for Pain Mitigation
The PigSite US – The swine veterinarians’ association offers its view on the use of lidocaine to relieve pain in pigs following castration and tail-docking. The interest in responding to concerns about finding a way to provide swine farmers with a mechanism to mitigate pain associated with castration and tail docking has led veterinarians to …
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April 6, 2014
Ethically ranking meat options
This week is Meat Free Week, a campaignbacked by the Australian Conservation Foundation, Voiceless and Bowl Cancer Australia to encourage people to consider the consequences of meat consumption. But considering most Australians still consume animal protein, Bush Telegraph has asked experts to try and rank products on our supermarket shelves from an animal welfare perspective. Professor …
April 5, 2014
Grandin warns: Don’t let bad become normal
MORE than 500 people showed up at the campus of Michigan State University last week to hear Dr. Temple Grandin discuss “big” agriculture and how it compares to “small” agriculture. Grandin began by discussing society’s lack of farm knowledge but noted that many people want to learn about food production and from where their food …
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April 3, 2014
Zanda McDonald’s Legacy
THROUGH his public endorsements and use of topical anaesthetic on cattle being de-horned, castrated and branded on his family’s properties across northern Australia, Zanda McDonald was out to prove that a little extra trouble in the yards could reap a lot of extra benefit. It’s a philosophy that has grabbed the attention of global livestock …