A selection of animal welfare news from around the world
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Please note that the articles below do not reflect opinions of TAWC. Although we aim to provide comprehensive coverage, there are likely articles that we’ve missed.
Call for higher animal welfare standards for Parma ham pigs (BBC O/S)
A Brief for the Pigs: The Case of National Pork Producers Council v. Ross (National Review O/S) How can precision farming tackle sow lameness? (Pig Progress O/S)
UK supermarkets urged to stop selling Parma ham from EU caged sows (The Guardian O/S)
Why The California Furor Over Humanely Raised Pork Matters Everywhere (Forbes O/S)
Poultry in meat & egg production
Lohmann opts for Seleggt in-ovo sexing machine in German hatchery (Poultry Network O/S)
Artificial intelligence could spot baby chickens in distress (Science.org O/S)
Construction started on Indonesia’s cage-free layer hub (Watt Poultry O/S)
Male layer chick welfare progresses in dietary research (Watt Poultry O/S)
Positive signs of global change reflected in farm animal welfare awards (Poultry World O/S)
Animal activists sue Costco after releasing poultry-facility video (AgDaily O/S)
Will McDonald’s Go Cage-Free In Taiwan? Activists Apply Pressure On The Chain (Plant Based News O/S)
Singapore ramps up cultivated chicken meat production (Poultry World O/S)
Sheep in meat & wool production
Mulesing ban action prompts warning to sheep breeders (Sheep Central)
Nanotechnology shows promise for flystrike control (Sheep Central)
Trade Ban: WA's live sheep industry on notice (ABC Landline)
Increasing cost of living partly blamed for surge in animal cruelty and neglect (ABC)
The Rural Roundup: Managing Director of NZ Veterinarians for Animal Welfare Helen Beattie on NAWAC's controversial new proposed code for the welfare for Pigs (Rural Roundup O/S)
The Rural Roundup: Helen Beattie on NAWAC's new Draft Code for the Welfare of Dairy Cattle (Rural Roundup O/S)
2022 DC Blood Oration - Prof Colin Wilks. Veterinary Science in the 21st Century: Still fit for purpose? (FVAS, University of Melbourne)
Policy
Trade and Agriculture Commission: advice to the Secretary of State for International Trade on the UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (web version) (Gov.UK O/S)
Verdict in on New Zealand free trade agreement (Food Manufacture O/S)
New USDA Petition Aims To Stop ‘Humane’ Meat Labels (Plant Based News O/S)
Proposition 12: New developments (Pig Progress O/S)
Other/Publications
Is cultured meat friend or foe? (Watt Poultry O/S)
RSPCA Australia Animal Welfare Science Update July 2022 (RSPCA)
Understanding the differences between intentional animal cruelty and neglect can inform how authorities respond to these crimes (LSE O/S)
We Need to Talk About Animal Cruelty and Mass Shooters (Newsweek O/S)
Anneberg I and Mc Loughlin E (2022) The Invisible Suffering of Farm Animals in Traffic Accidents: As Sentient Beings They Are Low Ranked in Life as Well as in Death. Front. Anim. Sci. 3:902119. doi: 10.3389/fanim.2022.902119 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fanim.2022.902119/full
Baciadonna L, Nawroth C, McElligott AG. 2016. Judgement bias in goats (Capra hircus): investigating the effects of human grooming. PeerJ 4:e2485 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2485
Cantor MC, Casella E, Silvestri S, Renaud DL and Costa JHC (2022) Using Machine Learning and Behavioral Patterns Observed by Automated Feeders and Accelerometers for the Early Indication of Clinical Bovine Respiratory Disease Status in Preweaned Dairy Calves. Front. Anim. Sci. 3:852359. doi: 10.3389/fanim.2022.852359 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fanim.2022.852359/full
Hevern, ME., Welfare worries: a preliminary, cross-sectional study of general practice, small animal veterinarians perceptions and management of canine and feline behaviour problems. Aust Vet J. 2022; 1– 11. https://doi.org/10.1111/avj.13168
Smith, L.M., Quinnell, R.J., Goold, C. et al. Assessing the impact of free-roaming dog population management through systems modelling. Sci Rep 12, 11452 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15049-1
Zhou, W., Ye, C., Mao, Y et al. Sound induces analgesia through corticothalamic circuits. Science, 377, 6602, pp 198-204. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abn4663
Conferences, Seminars & Events
2022 ANZCCART Conference, 26th to 28th July, Melbourne, Victoria. (ANZCCART)
European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming & International Conference on Precision Dairy Farming, 29 Aug-2 Sept University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (Vetmeduni)
The 55th Congress of the International Society of Applied Ethology, 4 – 8 Sept 2022. N Macedonia. (ISAE)
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