Tag: animal welfare

Animal Health & Veterinary

EFSA publishes guidance to improve animal welfare

The European Food Safety Authority explores the conditions that could affect the health and welfare of farm animals during transportation.

September 21, 2022

Latest News

Senators urge solicitor general to support Proposition 12

A group of U.S. senators has sent a letter to the solicitor general asking her to support California's animal welfare law before the Supreme Court.

June 3, 2022

Newsfeed

Could a pig translator improve animal welfare?

Researchers have developed an algorithm that can classify pig calls based on the animal’s emotions.

March 14, 2022

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Study: Rubber mats in feedlots improve cattle growth

Cattle housed on rubber mats grow faster, but benefits disappear in overcrowded feedlots, a university trial finds.

February 25, 2022

Animal Feed Manufacturers

EU ag update: Bold ambitions to balance nature, farming

Farming is crucial to the EU economy, but strict environmental rules, regenerative ag and animal welfare are high on the political agenda.

November 10, 2021

Feed Additives

VIDEO: 3 consumer trends poultry producers should watch

Find out which consumer meat consumption trends futurist Jack Bobo thinks will impact the poultry industry in 2021 and over the next decade.

January 22, 2021

Animal Feed Manufacturing

How FEFAC wrote its new Feed Sustainability Charter

Choosing five concrete goals to drive improved feed sustainability across the industry required “a bit of a journey,” FEFAC president says.

November 2, 2020

Newsfeed

Live human interaction a moo-d booster for cows

According to new research, cows are more relaxed by live human voices than recorded ones.

October 15, 2020

African Swine Fever

Germany seeks solutions to pork supply issues

Germany's pork sector continues to be severely challenged by African swine fever and COVID-19.

October 12, 2020

Feed Additives

Fully beaked layers do not tolerate feeding mistakes

Find out how the animal welfare concerns regarding beak trimming and laying hens can be overcome by proper nutrition and farm management.

September 21, 2020

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Animal welfare starts with animal caretakers

Animal welfare is usually approached from an animal’s point of view, but it is also important to think about it through the viewpoint of the people who care for the animals on-farm.

May 6, 2020

Animal Nutrition

Ad libitum feeding could pose environmental challenges

Although good for animal welfare, study suggests ad libitum feeding practice could make environmental management more difficult.

March 16, 2020