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Scientists race to develop farm animals to survive climate change
2014-05-04 05:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: When a team of researchers from the University of Delaware traveled to Africa two years ago to search for exemplary chickens, they weren't looking for plump thighs or delicious eggs. They were seeking out birds that could survive a hotter planet. The researchers were in the vanguard of food scientists, backed by millions of dollars from the federal government, racing to develop new breeds of farm animals that can stand up to the hazards of global warming. Some climate-change activists dismiss...
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Voluntary Withdrawal of Antimicrobials for Use in Food-Producing Animals
2014-04-14 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - The US Food and Drug Administration is today announcing that five drug sponsors holding animal drug applications affected by Guidance For Industry (GFI) #213 have requested that FDA withdraw approval of a collective 19 animal drug applications because the products are no longer manufactured or marketed.
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German Ag Ministers Call for End to Financing Extreme Confinement of Farm Animals
2014-04-07 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GERMANY - The Conference of German State Agriculture Ministers adopted a resolution calling on the German federal government to ensure that International Finance Institutions meet or exceed European Union animal welfare laws when funding agribusiness projects.
No Link Between Antibiotic Resistance in Humans, Use in Farm Animals
2014-04-02 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - Following a recent newspaper article blaming on the development of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens on animal agriculture, an industryAn organisation states that carbapenems are not used in livestock.
Concern at Call for Sick Animals to be Slaughtered not Treated
2014-03-26 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - The British Veterinary Association is calling for a clarification of remarks made by the Chief Medical Officer in which she called for sick animals to be slaughtered rather than treated as part of the strategy to reduce antibiotic resistance in humans.
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