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Be proud of your pigs and tell your story Vivi Aarestrup Moustsen, housing & welfare expert contributor from Denmark, notices that marketing antibiotic-free pork is a different story than marketing
02/12/2016
Selection of chickens with increased disease resistance one step closer Research could lead to animals with improved disease resistance and, thus, less antibiotic use, lower economic losses for farmer and improved animal welfare.
24/03/2018
Linking water treatment practices and fish welfare Products based on peracetic acid (PAA) have gained substantial attention during the last decade as a potential sanitizer to replace formaldehyde
29/12/2016
Slow-growing broilers provide welfare goals for growers Mortality and condemnation rates are at all-time lows for U.S. broiler producers, but so-called slow-growing chicken strains in Europe are doing even better.
23/01/2017
Seajoy’s ablation-free shrimp answers emerging welfare concern Collaboration with Lyons Seafood, GAA, University of Stirling finds success without removing the eyestalk, considered by some as cruelty
06/01/2017
New broiler breeders feed recommendations developed As a result, broiler breeders are increasingly suffering from feed and nutrient restrictions that are detrimental to their welfare and have a negative impact on
09/12/2016
Best nutrition for footpad health Correct concentrations of vitamins and minerals and good management practices are needed, particularly for free-range birds,in order to avoid footpad dermatitis
23/10/2017
How to effectively control lameness in dairy cattle Awareness of the impact of lameness on dairy cow welfare and economics has grown massively in the last 30 years. Our understanding of the causes and risk factor
22/09/2017
Does gene editing impact salmon growth or welfare? Salmon rendered sterile through gene editing are exhibiting encouraging behaviour and performance during the grow-out phase, according to new research results.
18/06/2019
Sensor can improve fish welfare during delousing Norwegian researchers have developed an electronic “sensor” fish to measure how mechanical delousing impacts salmon.
10/04/2019