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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. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-16/china-builds-pig-apartment-blocks-to-guard-against-swine-flu/12769286 #VeterinaryMedicine #AnimalNutrition #PigProduction #AnimalWelfare

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. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-07-01/pain-relief-is-now-mandatory-for-mulesing-in-victoria/12405162 #ActivismandLobbying #LivestockWelfare #AnimalNutrition #Livestock #Animals

'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. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-17/water-deficiency-declaration-in-western-australia/12363394 #AgriculturalCrops #AnimalNutrition #ClimateChange #Agribusiness #WaterSaving #WaterSupply #Agriculture #Bushfire #Drought

Perfect rain delivers a lifeline for outback farmers After years of drought, drenching rain in March gives farmers in Queensland's south-west a reprieve from paddocks of dust and destocking. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-06/rain-outback-farmers-in-queensland-south-west/12216234 #WomenInAgriculture #LivestockWelfare #AnimalNutrition #CattleFeedlots #GoatProduction #BeefCattle #Beekeeping #Phenomena #Regional #Rainfall #Drought #Offbeat #Cyclone #Floods

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. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-30/animals-take-advantage-of-coronavirus-to-reclaim-world/12200840 #DiseasesandDisorders #AnimalsandNature #AnimalNutrition #AnimalBehaviour #HumanInterest #AnimalScience #COVID-19 #Animals #Health

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.  https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-03-13/wa-dry-season-response-ends-but-cattle-industry-says-more-needed/12044334 #GovernmentandPolitics #AnimalNutrition #AnimalWelfare #BeefCattle

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. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-14/landline-an-ivf-pioneers-journey-from-sheep-to-stem-cells/11964830 #FertilityandInfertility #ReproductiveTechnology #AnimalNutrition #SheepProduction #AnimalScience