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April 23, 2012
Castration Techniques Explained
By Future Beef Castration is ‘removal of the testicles’ in very young male cattle. However some of the techniques used to ‘castrate’ bull calves in Australia do not involve actual removal of the testicles. Castration is carried out for the following reasons: Prevention of undesirable bull calves from breeding. This enables mating of bulls only …
April 18, 2012
RSPCA Animal Welfare Science Update April 2012
Measuring empathy in animals General hygiene is also important, as farms with effective fly control, as well as those that prevent calves from suckling on other heifers, seem to have fewer cases of mastitis. De Vliegher, S., Fox, L.K., Piepers, S. et al., (2012) Mastitis in dairy heifers: Nature of the disease, potential impact, prevention, …
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April 17, 2012
Dr Charlie Teo urges colleagues to speak up for animals
LETS EXTEND OUR COMPASSION – Voiceless Publication We now know that animals are capable of emotion and feel pain. The hope is that the public in general and doctors specifically will acknowledge this fact and rid our society of animal cruelty. The AMA requires our profession to uphold the values of altruism and compassion and …
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April 4, 2012
Latest developments on the new EU Animal Welfare Strategy
Eurogroup for Animals Report Eurogroup is very pleased that Members of the European Parliament at the last Agriculture Committee have broadly adopted the lead draft report by Marit Paulsen MEP on the European Union Strategy for the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2012-2015. The report highlights many of the aspects, which were vaguely or not …
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