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  1. Brutal heat affecting your appetite? Chickens feel the same — and you might have noticed the result
    By Kate Forrester and Chela Williams

    Temperature is a key factor in the productivity of hens — much like us, they tend to eat less when it is hot and that means they are likely to lay smaller eggs.

    abc.net.au/news/2024-02-23/war

    #Heatwaves #AnimalNutrition #PoultryandEggProduction #KateForrester #ChelaWilliams

  2. How pig 'apartment blocks' could help China rebuild from disaster China could build more high-rise pig farms to help future-proof the world's largest swine herd from disease — and that could be bad news for Australian beef and lamb producers. abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10- #VeterinaryMedicine #AnimalNutrition #PigProduction #AnimalWelfare

  3. Pain relief is now mandatory for mulesing in Victoria As of today, a person must not mules a lamb without using a pain relief product registered for use by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority. abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-07- #ActivismandLobbying #LivestockWelfare #AnimalNutrition #Livestock #Animals

  4. 'We are suffering': WA dry spell worsens with record water deficiency declaration The West Australian Government will begin carting emergency water supplies to another dry agriculture region after it made its 12th water deficiency declaration in a year. abc.net.au/news/2020-06-17/wat #AgriculturalCrops #AnimalNutrition #ClimateChange #Agribusiness #WaterSaving #WaterSupply #Agriculture #Bushfire #Drought

  5. Animals are reclaiming and exploring the world as humans retreat during coronavirus Whether they're in the wild, the zoo or your neighbourhood, animals have been making the most of a period spent with fewer interruptions from the human race. abc.net.au/news/2020-04-30/ani #DiseasesandDisorders #AnimalsandNature #AnimalNutrition #AnimalBehaviour #HumanInterest #AnimalScience #COVID-19 #Animals #Health

  6. Program to help ‘at-risk' cattle stations ends prompting concerns that more needs to be done A program aimed at preventing animal welfare issues on pastoral stations across Western Australia ends, but the cattle industry says despite recent rainfall, many properties are still in trouble.  abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-03- #GovernmentandPolitics #AnimalNutrition #AnimalWelfare #BeefCattle

  7. Groundbreaking studies of sheep fertility helped develop human IVF and stem cells A young scientist’s groundbreaking research into sheep fertility in the 1960s helped him pioneer human IVF and stem cell research. abc.net.au/news/2020-02-14/lan #FertilityandInfertility #ReproductiveTechnology #AnimalNutrition #SheepProduction #AnimalScience

  8. Biosecurity Queensland rejects charity's claim over feeding starved horses The founder of a Queensland animal welfare charity says Biosecurity Queensland told her to let eight malnourished horses on a Darling Downs property starve, but a spokesperson for the agency describes that claim as "false". abc.net.au/news/2020-01-28/bio #Law,CrimeandJustice #ActivismandLobbying #VeterinaryMedicine #AnimalNutrition #Rural

  9. Busting the myths: How to help wildlife in bushfire and drought-affected areas Is giving bottled water to koalas bad? Should you leave cut watermelon out for bees? We ask experts what they think of some recent social media 'tips'. abc.net.au/news/2020-01-17/soc #Invertebrates-InsectsandArachnids #AnimalNutrition #AnimalWelfare #SocialMedia #Animals

  10. Fury over 'totally unacceptable' response after 32 horses found dead on property west of Toowoomba Photos provided to the ABC by the head of an animal rescue organisation show dead horses and others that appear to be in a severely underfed state on a property west of Toowoomba. abc.net.au/news/2020-01-14/hor #Law,CrimeandJustice #VeterinaryMedicine #AnimalNutrition #AnimalWelfare #Animals #Rural

  11. Goat dairy targeted by notorious activist group suggests covert vision doctored The owner of a Victorian dairy says hidden-camera vision released by animal activists of young goats' horns being removed may have been edited to look worse. abc.net.au/news/2019-12-18/mer #MiscellaneousAnimalProduction #Law,CrimeandJustice #ActivismandLobbying #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalNutrition #GoatProduction #AnimalWelfare #Livestock

  12. Nine deer at famed Japanese park die after swallowing plastic bags Nine deer at the famed Nara Park in western Japan die after swallowing plastic bags believed to have been discarded by visitors, with one reportedly found to have consumed more than four kilograms of plastic. abc.net.au/news/2019-07-10/nin #RecyclingandWasteManagement #AnimalNutrition #HumanInterest #AnimalWelfare #Environment #Animals

  13. 'Unprecedented shortage of hay' concerns RSPCA and horse sanctuaries Horse sanctuaries close and horse owners are forced to consider putting their horses down amid an "unprecedented shortage of hay". abc.net.au/news/rural/2019-06- #AnimalsandNature #AnimalNutrition #AnimalWelfare #HumanInterest #Agribusiness #Agriculture #Livestock #Animals #Rural

  14. Dugong calf separated from mother off Thailand bonds with carers A dugong calf that developed an attachment to humans after being separated from its mother and found off southern Thailand is being nurtured by marine experts in hopes that it can one day fend for itself. abc.net.au/news/2019-06-15/tha #AnimalsandNature #AnimalNutrition #AnimalBehaviour #HumanInterest #AnimalWelfare #AnimalScience #Animals

  15. Escaped dog leads to police finding 'uninhabitable' puppy farm Police rescue a dozen neglected dogs and puppies from what they describe as a "horrible and uninhabitable" puppy farm in Adelaide's northern suburbs. abc.net.au/news/2019-06-01/neg #Law,CrimeandJustice #VeterinaryMedicine #AnimalsandNature #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalNutrition #HumanInterest #AnimalWelfare #Animals #Police

  16. Graziers face 'green drought' as dams run dry and disease threatens stock Despite recent rains, graziers in western Queensland are now amid what some call a 'green drought' as dams run dry and disease threatens stock. abc.net.au/news/rural/2019-05- #AnimalNutrition #SheepProduction #BeefCattle #Drought #Weeds

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