Tag: pork
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Salute to Pork Producers
Do you know a person who works in pork operations who consistently puts in extra effort to make positive contributions to on-farm processes? I thought so. Wouldn’t it be great if there was a way to recognize and reward those key industry players who go the extra mile in order to exceed expectations? Well, Pfizer…
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Antibiotics Safe for Livestock Use
Just like we’ve been sayin’ all along… The Government Accountability Office released a report that stated there isn’t sufficient evidence to warrant a study into a link between antibiotic use in food animals and antibiotic resistance in humans. Did you get that? Here, I’ll say it again. GAO said “these data [collected by USDA] lack crucial details necessary…
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MFA – Report Animal Cruelty ASAP not ASACP
ASACP meaning – as soon as conveniently possible. Yet another animal cruelty video has been released by Mercy For Animals (MFA). Again, I am outraged at the treatment of the pigs in this video and there is absolutely no excuse for this type of treatment. I feel the need to draw attention to some key points that…
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A New Spin on Guinea Pig
That guinea pig in the pet store window isn’t just for Susie’s birthday anymore. Pig farmers in Australia have been utilizing the little munchkins to help decrease the occurrence of savaging piglets in piggeries. Quick animal behavior lesson: Savaging of piglets, when a mother pig attacks her piglets usually injuring but sometimes killing them, is a well-documented behavior most often seen in…
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Agvocacy Down Under – Sheep, Swine and Poultry
There are way more sheep here than people – 3.5X as many sheep. In June 2008, the sheep population was 80 million while the current population of Australians is 22.5 million people. Australians eat a lot of sheepmeat – there is far more sheepmeat in the supermarket than either pork or chicken. Beef still reigns supreme, at least on…