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Press releases
December 19, 2011
Farm animal pain relief product Tri–Solfen® achieves Australian government registration
In a world first on 14 December 2011, Animal Ethics Pty Ltd received full Australian Government registration for sheep pain relief product Tri-Solfen®, issued by the APVMA (Australian Pesticide Veterinary Medicine Authority) after 7 years of rigorous research and extensive use on lambs undergoing the controversial mulesing practice. Since 2005, over 25 million merino lambs …
November 3, 2007
Australian Government Supports Pain Relief Research
“Animal Ethics Pty Ltd, an innovative young research and development company specialising in the development of pain relief for farm animals, has secured a prestigious Australian Research Council linkage grant, with partners Sydney University and Bayer Animal Health”. – Ends – About Medical Ethics Medical Ethics is a commercial and development stage company focused …
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August 7, 2006
Help for mulesing pain
Bayer Healthcare Licenses Animal Ethics Pain Management Product Tri-Solfen® in Australia “A groundbreaking anaesthetic for a painful animal husbandry practice has won the backing of a global pharmaceutical giant”… “Multinational pharmaceutical company Bayer recently announced it had taken over the licensing and marketing of the treatment”. – Ends – About Medical Ethics Medical Ethics is a …
October 26, 2005
“Broad Industry Approval: ‘Tri-Solfen®’ A World First in Pain Relief for Lambs”
Animal Ethics Launches “Tri-Solfen®” on October 26th, 2005. ‘Today is a truly great day for the Australian wool industry’ said Allan Giffard; Managing Director of Animal Ethics at the 26 October launch of Tri-Solfen®, the world’s first pain relief spray for sheep. Animal Ethics is the innovative new company behind development….. …..Australian agriculture at the forefront …
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News articles
April 12, 2021
Spencer: Pain relief ‘essential’ for cattle
Original article by Mark Phelps 12 Apr 2021, 8:03 a.m. For Queensland Country Life __ MAJOR Australian whiteface breeder Adrian Spencer, Ironbark Herefords, Barraba, says pain relief should be even more widely used in the cattle industry. Located at Barraba in northern NSW, Mr Spencer said he had been using Tri-Solfen to treat calves …
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January 23, 2021
Cattle Council of Australia guide to pain relief in grass-fed beef cattle
Published in late 2020, the Guide to Pain Relief in the Grass-fed Beef Cattle Sector suggests Tri-Solfen® as a pain relief consideration. The guide can be downloaded here. Animal Welfare Standards for Cattle are being regulated progressively by state/territory governments. When regulated within a state or territory, the use of pain relief will be compulsory …
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January 14, 2021
Pain relief such as Tri-Solfen® is delivering an animal welfare revolution
ARTICLE BY PROFESSOR EMERITUS PETER WINDSOR, originally published by Queensland Country Life BECAUSE of COVID-19, we have mostly been confined within these magnificent shores during the past year. However, our livestock products and applications of our scientific animal welfare research have continued to keep feeding and helping the world with food and fibre security. …
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May 26, 2020
Tri-Solfen® working for smallholder farming families
Working with smallholder farming families, their livestock and FMD viruses in the Mekong & beyond Original article by Peter Windsor, Isabel MacPhillamy and Francesca Earp for Mekong Livestock Research In our efforts to understanding how to improve livelihoods in rural SE Asia & regional food security, we are assisting the transition of some subsistence smallholder farmers …
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