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March 21, 2012
Pain relief at castration merited in calves
By Agri View Researchers from Iowa State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine completed a study demonstrating for the first time that providing pain relief to calves before castration reduces the incidence of disease for the subsequent 28 days after the procedure. READ MORE
March 21, 2012
Humane Treatment of Farm Animals Congress Report
Summary Animal protection activists in the United States have long sought legislation to modify or curtail some practices considered by U.S. agriculture to be acceptable or even necessary to animal health. Members of Congress over the years have offered various bills that would affect animal care on the farm, during transport, or at slaughter; several …
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March 21, 2012
Bill won’t stop animal welfare ballot initiative
By Sean Ellis – Capital Press BOISE — An animal welfare bill backed by Idaho’s livestock industry … “The only way our industry can operate successfully is if we keep our animals healthy, safe and protected”. READ MORE
March 19, 2012
The Welfare Revolution of Topical Anaesthesia on Wool Sheep Farms in Australia
By Peter Windsor, Crystal Espinoza, Sabrina Lomax – Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney Mulesing of Australian Merino lambs with the ‘skin wrinkle’ phenotypes, provides effective life-long protection against the risk of ‘breech strike’ caused by Lucilia cuprina, the sheep blowfly. It is estimated that at least 2million sheep would die annually of flystrike if mulesing were …
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