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Press releases
December 15, 2016
World 1st: Tri-Solfen® approved for use in calves
In a ground breaking new development for farmers and for animal welfare – the Australian Veterinarian Medicine regulator (APVMA) has now extended the approved use of Tri-Solfen® anaesthetic and antiseptic topical application to include the alleviation of pain in calves. Tri-Solfen® is already approved by the APVMA, and widely used in over 8 million lambs …
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October 5, 2016
Taking the pain out of lamb marking: Tri–Solfen® approved for extended use in all sheep breeds
In a ground breaking new development for farmers, and for animal welfare – the Australian Veterinarian Medicine regulator (APVMA) has now extended the approved use of Tri-Solfen® anaesthetic to include the alleviation of pain in lambs, from all breeds, undergoing castration and tail docking. Already approved and widely used to alleviate pain in lambs undergoing …
July 21, 2016
Australian Government confirms Tri-Solfen® number 1 registration priority for livestock industries
The Australian Government Rural Industries and Research Development Corporation (RIRDC) has identified Tri-Solfen® (the Australian developed wound healing and pain management product for animals) as the number 1 registration priority for the Sheep, Cattle, Pig and Alpaca industries. The priority list was released on the RIRDC website www.rirdc.gov.au/agvet Tri-Solfen®’s wound healing and pain relief technology addresses animal welfare …
June 4, 2015
Animal pain relief product Tri-Solfen® – US patent granted
Solution to major retailers’ Animal Welfare Policy dilemmas United States – Patent number 8960128 Tri-Solfen®, pain relief product for dehorning, castration, tail docking and other painful procedures has now been successfully patented in the U.S. This provides commercial protection for the product to be used for topical pain and wound healing in all species of …
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News articles
July 10, 2021
Managing Welfare and Antimicrobial-Resistance Issues in Treating Foot-and-Mouth Disease Lesions: A New Therapeutic Approach
Dovepress, open access to scientific and medical research, have published a paper discussing the benefits of Tri-Solfen® by Medical Ethics. Read the full article on the Dovepress website here. The paper can be downloaded here. Extract from the article Introduction: Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) causes negative impacts on global food security, the livestock trade, national economies, …
June 21, 2021
Beef Week: Producers back pain relief
Article written by Mark Phelps for Queensland Country Life and originally published 25 June 2021. Read on the Queensland Country Life website here. CATTLE producers attending the Commercial Cattle Championships at Beef 2021 threw their support behind the use of pain relief in animal husbandry practices. Kerryn Piggott, Christmas Creek, Rolleston, said the off-the-shelf product …
May 28, 2021
NTCA president backs Tri-Solfen® pain relief
Original article by Mark Phelps for Queensland Country Life NORTHERN Territory Cattlemen's Association president David Connolly has thrown his support behind the wholesale adoption of pain relief in the cattle industry. Speaking during the Future Foods Conference in Darwin, Mr Connolly said the use of pain relief not only delivered better animal welfare outcomes, but …
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May 14, 2021
Pain relief delivering increased productivity
Original article by Mark Phelps 14 May 2021, 8:03 a.m. For Queensland Country Life ___ UPPER Hunter Valley beef cattle producer Andrew Melville says the use of pain relief on calves is resulting in a direct increase in productivity. Mr Melville, who manages the 2400 hectare Ram Station near Dungog, NSW, said he had been …
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