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Search results for: animal welfare updates
Sheep: You & Yours
…with Jim Shanks, Colin McGregor, Neil Sandilands and Bob Prentice. Find out what makes a farm business… Read more > Technology for Improved Animal Welfare: The Automatic Drench Gun December…
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Agribusiness News December 2024 – Sector Focus: HerdPlan
Enhancing Livestock Health and Productivity through Dynamic Health Planning Effective health planning is essential for enhancing animal health, welfare, and productivity. This can be achieved through close collaboration with your…
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Cattle Mineral Supplementation
…as seen in Table 1, these trace elements are essential in the animal’s growth, productivity, and immunity. There are seven key trace elements that are required by the animal, these…
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Sheep mineral supplementation
…for your system? The balancing act of mineral nutrition Ensuring the animal’s requirements are met correctly without under or over supplying minerals involves a very careful balancing act. Deficiency in…
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Mineral Requirements in Housed Cattle
Key Messages Consider doing a mineral audit to determine if you are meeting the recommended mineral intakes for your cattle. Consider the response of the animal, is it performing as…
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Getting Started with an Animal Health & Welfare Plan
Animal health and welfare plans are already a fundamental part of many assurance schemes, such as QMS and Red Tractor, and organic certification or marketing contracts. However, as part of…
Read More >New Entrants News Spring 2023 – Preparing for Sustainable Farming (PSF) – Animal Health & Welfare options
…but have been joined by some animal health and welfare options to encourage livestock keepers to improve the health and welfare of their cattle and sheep. The PSF scheme will…
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Getting Started With Organic Farming – Setting the Scene
…can prevent the build up of soil-borne spores of fungal root diseases. Good drainage can also be a barrier to root disease. Animal Welfare Animal welfare is one of the…
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Sustainable Sheep Systems – Tail Docking and Castration
…Hamilton, Aikengall Farm – no tailing or castration SRUC vet, Andrew Robinson will also cover the impact on welfare and lamb performance. Related FAS Materials: https://www.fas.scot/events/event/sustainable-sheep-systems-consumer-and-the-climate/ https://www.fas.scot/events/event/consumer-driven-sustainability-consumer-animal-health/ https://www.fas.scot/events/event/sustainable-sheep-systems-alternative-proteins/ https://www.fas.scot/livestock/sheep/sustainable-sheep-systems/ …
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