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Showing only stories from the Welfare category: Animal welfare issues -- show all categories
December 23, 2022 —
Since 2002, 14 U.S States have passed and implemented policies addressing practices that can impact farm animal welfare. The most common policies directly ban confinement practices within a State's...
November 30, 2022 —
Draft revisions to the AVMA Guidelines for the Humane Slaughter of Animals, which cover the humane slaughter of animals raised for food or fiber, are now available for comment by AVMA members until...
July 6, 2021 —
A 45-day public comment period for proposed regulations to implement Proposition 12 (2018) begins May 28, 2021 and ends July 12, 2021. The California Department of Food and Agriculture is proposing...
June 30, 2021 —
A 45-day public comment period for proposed regulations to implement Proposition 12 (2018) begins May 28, 2021 and ends July 12, 2021. The California Department of Food and Agriculture is proposing...
December 16, 2020 — Sherrie Webb
A team of researchers led by the American Association of Swine Veterinarians is using a $650,000 grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture -- and...
November 3, 2020 —
PAACO's last training of 2020 will be the On-Farm Swine Welfare Auditor Training held December 8-10, 2020. This training will follow a similar agenda to the in-person training; combining classroom...
October 28, 2020 —
PAACO's last training of 2020 will be the On-Farm Swine Welfare Auditor Training held December 8-10, 2020. This training will follow a similar agenda to the in-person training; combining classroom...
August 5, 2020 —
North Carolina State University is conducting research on the use of pain control drugs on-farm. The goal of this research study is to gain a better understanding of the use of pain management drugs...
July 28, 2020 —
North Carolina State University is conducting research on the use of pain control drugs on-farm. The goal of this research study is to gain a better understanding of the use of pain management drugs...
June 24, 2020 —
The National Pork Board has updated the factsheet, Understanding Muzzle Energy Euthanasia. Updates include preliminary data from on-going research about the selection of proper caliber and...
June 23, 2020 —
In correspondence with the USDA, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provided the following statement regarding the use of sodium nitrite for the depopulation of swine during the COVID-19...
May 13, 2020 — AASV Staff
The owner of the pigs is considering depopulation. Now what? The AASV has developed a one-page step-by-step guide with links to find the resources you will need. View more...
May 13, 2020 —
The Iowa Resource Coordination Center (RCC) is a private-public partnership between the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Iowa State University and the Iowa livestock associations....
May 8, 2020 —
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This story is available only to AASV Members. Please log in first, and then go back to this page and reload/refresh it to read this story.May 6, 2020 —
Due to unique circumstances that have disrupted the flow of market hogs to packing plants for harvest, the Iowa Pork Industry Center team has put together resources for nutritional strategies to...
April 27, 2020 —
The National Pork Board* hosted a webinar to provide producers with education on humane methods for emergency depopulation that meet American Veterinary Medical Association recommendations. Disposal...
This story is available only to AASV Members. Please log in first, and then go back to this page and reload/refresh it to read this story.April 20, 2020 — AASV Staff
In the interest of addressing several pressing common pork industry issues that have arisen and may arise due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Pork Board and the American Association of Swine...
April 2, 2020 — AASV Staff
In collaboration with the National Pork Board, National Pork Producers Council, and Swine Health Information Center, the AASV has released a new tool to assist farmers and veterinarians with...
March 25, 2020 — AASV Staff
In collaboration with the National Pork Board, National Pork Producers Council, and Swine Health Information Center, the AASV has released a new tool to assist farmers and veterinarians with...
March 18, 2020 —
How can environmental enrichment techniques improve pig welfare, health and productivity? That question is soon key for researchers at the US Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service...
February 19, 2020 —
North Carolina State University is conducting research on pain management for piglet castration. The end goal of the project is to identify barriers and implement solutions to practical on-farm pain...
February 12, 2020 —
North Carolina State University is conducting research on pain management for piglet castration. The end goal of the project is to identify barriers and implement solutions to practical on-farm pain...
February 5, 2020 —
North Carolina State University is conducting research on pain management for piglet castration. The end goal of the project is to identify barriers and implement solutions to practical on-farm pain...
February 5, 2020 —
A Colorado State University research team has received funding from the National Pork Board to conduct a survey with caretakers who perform euthanasia as part of the their job on sow farms. The goal...
January 29, 2020 —
A Colorado State University research team has received funding from the National Pork Board to conduct a survey with caretakers who perform euthanasia as part of the their job on sow farms. The goal...
January 22, 2020 —
North Carolina State University is conducting research on pain management for piglet castration. The end goal of the project is to identify barriers and implement solutions to practical on-farm pain...
January 3, 2020 —
North Carolina State University is conducting research on pain management for piglet castration. The end goal of the project is to identify barriers and implement solutions to practical on-farm pain...
January 1, 2020 —
North Carolina State University is conducting research on pain management for piglet castration. The end goal of the project is to identify barriers and implement solutions to practical on-farm pain...
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Category abbreviations: AASV=Membership information, announcements, and other information from the American Association of Swine Veterinarians; Abs.=Abstracts from journal articles of general interest to swine veterinarians.; ALERT=Used to create email alerts; An.H.=Animal Health; Conf.=Conference announcements and other continuing education opportunities; FAD="Foreign" Animal Disease and other news most significant to regions outside of North America.; Food=Food Safety; Gov.=Information about legislation, regulations, and rulemaking that may affect the swine industry or swine veterinarians.; Hum.H.=Human health; Ind.=News from the pork industry, including NPPC and Pork Board activities.; International=Information regarding swine health and production internationally.; Jobs=Position announcements, primarily seeking swine veterinarians.; Meet=Provides a short synopsis of meetings of importance to swine veterinarians.; News=Agriculture related news events.; Nutr.=Swine nutrition; OP-ED=Opinion or editorial articles expressing the thoughts of individual Association members.; Pharm.=Pharmaceuticals and biologicals; PRRS=Articles from the AASV PRRS Task Force; Practice=Information associated with practice management or development.; Research=Research topics of interest to swine veterinarians.; Students=Information of interest to AASV student members.; USDA=US Dept. of Agriculture activities of interest to swine veterinarians.; Welfare=Animal welfare issues