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Leading Pig Welfare Researchers Receive Awards
2014-07-11 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK & CANADA - The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) awarded two medals for Outstanding Contributions to Animal Welfare Science at its recent meeting to Professor Mike Mendl of the University of Bristol and Professor David Fraser of the University of British Columbia. Both recipients have made a major contribution to pig welfare.
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Welfare Campaigners Highlight Illegal Pig Farming in EU
2014-07-10 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
EU - Illegal pig farming in the EU is now so rife that the industry’s publications are packed with photos of farms clearly in breach of the law, according to a UK-based welfare campaigning organisation. Their present focus is on widespread tail-docking and the lack of provision of manipulable materials.
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Canada's Pig Welfare Chair on Tour
2014-07-07 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - The candidate to lead the programme for a National Chair in Swine Welfare - Dr Sandra Edwards from the UK - has been meeting members of the pig industry across Canada.
Consider the Whole Animal in Welfare, Says Scientist
2014-07-07 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
ANALYSIS - Dr Francoise Wemelsfelder, animal behaviourist and welfare scientist, has developed scientific approaches for the study of animals as whole beings, bringing insights from philosophy of mind and social psychology and anthropology into the study of animal emotion.
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Weekly Overview: How to Cut Pig Feeding Costs, New Approach to Animal Welfare
2014-07-07 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - Precision feeding offers opportunities for significant feed savings in both the breeding and feeding herds, according to two speakers at a recent conference in the UK. Other research publicised in the last week highlights the need to look at the whole animal in welfare studies and the first group has completed the exome sequence of the pig.
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