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June 12, 2012
Dehorning – the dilemma facing the northern cattle industry
By Keiren McLeonard – ABC Rural While the cattle industry in the north is slowly recovering from the live export controversy there’s another livestock welfare issue lurking in the shadows. Dehorning is the widespread practice of removing horns form cattle. By all accounts it’s extremely painful and distressing. Now an experimental anaesthetic spray called Tri-Solfen …
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June 4, 2012
Pig anesthesia to increase in Germany after law tightening
31 May 2012 By Ashley Yeo Castration of piglets without anesthesia will be banned in Germany as of January 1 2017. That was one of several amendments to the animal welfare law proposed by the federal German cabinet in late May. National rules on the use of lab animals and horse branding will also be …
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June 3, 2012
Dehorning solution trialled
By Eliza Rogers, North Queensland Register, Stock & Land MORE is being done to water down the furore engulfing livestock welfare, with MLA stepping behind trials to alleviate pain during dehorning. An experimental anaesthetic spray is being trialled on North Queensland properties including McDonald Holdings, which consists of 11 stations. The company is reportedly working …
May 24, 2012
MLA backs tests of dehorning spray
By Amy McCosker ABC Rural Meat and Livestock Australia is throwing its support behind the testing of an anaesthetic spray designed for use in the dehorning of cattle. Trials are underway in northern Queensland to see if the process of dehorning calves can be made less painful, and, in the process, build a new market …