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Cuts to Farm Animal Health Surveillance Could Risk New Diseases
2013-12-09 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - The Royal College of Pathologists warns today (5 December 2013) that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ (Defra) plan to down-size its network of laboratories and reduce animal post-mortems puts at risk the health of livestock, including cattle, sheep and pigs, and means new and re-merging infections could be missed.
Commission Disappoints Animal Groups over Pig Welfare Law
2013-12-09 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
EU - Animal welfare groups have attacked the European Commission president over animal welfare policies. According to them, a letter from José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, suggests a degree of contempt for those many EU citizens who are concerned about animal welfare as well as for the requirements of the Treaty in this area and the rule of law.
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Improved Approach to Detecting Animal Disease
2013-12-06 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - NFU Cymru is pleased that the needs of Wales have been recognised by the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA) with regards to its new approach to scanning surveillance for new and re-emerging animal diseases.
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Animal Disease Surveillance to be Updated
2013-12-05 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - AHVLA has announced an improved approach to scanning surveillance to better detect new and re-emerging animal diseases and threats in England and Wales.
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Study Examines Nutritional Value of Alternative Animal Protein Sources
2013-12-05 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Protein sources of animal origin provide highly digestible protein in diets for weanling pigs. Fish meal is commonly used in starter diets, but its increasingly high cost is leading producers to look for alternatives, said a researcher at the University of Illinois.
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