A UBC professor says livestock producers who achieve the highest standards of animal welfare need to be held up as the examples for the rest of the industry.
A professor in the Animal Welfare Program observes the public’s level of concern on matters relating to animal welfare is much higher than its level of awareness of the complexity of the issues, creating a major communication challenge.
A professor in animal welfare says changes in attitudes toward animal welfare are being driven by both the public and those involved in raising animals.
The chair of Manitoba Pork says his replacement will be dealing with a wide range of issues from the management of disease to trade to the replacement of aging production infrastructure.
A professor of agriculture with Newcastle University suggests, by maintaining a frank open dialogue, Canada’s livestock producers will be better positioned to retain the trust of consumers when it comes to animal welfare issues.
A national study which looked at the effects transport on animal welfare has shown the trailer compartment in which pigs are shipped has a significant effect on their levels of stress during transport and subsequent meat quality.
Research being conducted on behalf of Swine Innovation Porc will help determine the optimum amount of space required to maximize the productivity of nursery pigs.
An animal care specialist with Manitoba pork says funding available under the Growing Assurance-Food Safety On-Farm program will help pork producers further enhance animal welfare on their farms.
The associate executive director of the Canadian Pork Council says Canada’s updated Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs has shown the value of Canada’s consensus based approach to addressing animal welfare issues.
As part of World Pork Expo 2014 in Des Moines, the National Pork Board outlined its new common industry audit platform for U.S. pork producers, packers and processors.
