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Surge in Animal Diseases Necessitates New Approach to Health

2013-12-17 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

GLOBAL - Population growth, agricultural expansion, and the rise of globe-spanning food supply chains have dramatically altered how diseases emerge, jump species boundaries, and spread, according to an FAO report.

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Balancing Animal Welfare, Social Expectations and Economics

2013-12-17 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

CANADA - The general manager of the National Farm Animal Care Council says the challenge in updating Canada's Pig Code of Practice has been striking a balance that reflects the country's scientific understanding of animal welfare, societal expectations and the financial ability of farmers to make changes, according to Bruce Cochrane.

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FDA Moves Forward on Animal Antibiotics

2013-12-16 23:38:00| National Hog Farmer

By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, DC The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) moved forward on its strategy to phase out the use of medically important antimicrobials in food animals for food production purposes, such as to enhance growth or improve feed efficiency. The plan would also phase in veterinary oversight of the remaining appropriate therapeutic uses of such drugs. read more

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VIDEO: Google buys 'animal' robot maker

2013-12-16 12:56:32| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Google has acquired Boston Dynamics, a robotics research company that makes realistic animal like machines.

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Animal research centre in Truro to close

2013-12-14 09:37:24| Livestock - Topix.net

The Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Angency, which is overseen by Defra, last week announced an "improved approach" to scanning surveillance to "better detect new and It will make greater use of the expertise and resources of private vets, universities and the livestock industry, following recommendations of the independent Surveillance ... (more)

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