The Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture, Julia Klöckner, wants to help cattle farmers who have run out of feed for their animals. As in the past year, the ministry therefore issued an ordinance...
According to a forsa survey, the Initiative Tierwohl (ITW) is becoming better known and remains consistently popular with German consumers. 94 percent of consumers think the ITW concept is good or very good. The ITW product seal, which states that the respective product contains only meat...
Mainz, July 2019. Bioland took a closer look at the animal welfare labels of the trade and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food (BMEL) and compared the various levels with the EU organic regulation and the company's own association guidelines. It is noticeable that the "keeping form" of the food retail trade (LEH) and the current catalog of criteria of the state animal welfare label do not go beyond the legal minimum standard in places, even in the better levels...
Veterinarians have again used far fewer antibiotics. Since 2011, the amount has been reduced by around 58 percent. In 2018, the decline in fluoroquinolones and cephalosporins of the 3rd and 4th generation, which are classified as important for human medicine, contributed more than a third. With comprehensive animal health and hygiene management, the farmer and his attending veterinarian can prevent diseases...
Antibiotic resistance in livestock farming poses an enormous challenge worldwide. Against this background, the Belgian knowledge center "Surveillance of Antibiotic Consumption" (AMCRA) has defined ambitious goals for reducing the therapeutic use of antibiotics in Belgian livestock farming...
How can the occurrence of antibiotic-resistant pathogens in the entire chicken meat production chain be reduced as best as possible? The EsRAM* research network, under the scientific direction of the Freie Universität Berlin and with the Central Association of the German Poultry Industry (ZDG) as the main economic partner, has been addressing this key question over the past three years...
The Federal Administrative Court decided today that the killing of male day-old chicks is still permissible under animal welfare law on a transitional basis. The court ruled that there was “reasonable cause”...
Representatives of the pet food industry take responsibility and make their contribution. The Association of European Compound Feed Manufacturers (FEFAC) and the German Association of Animal Nutrition e. V. (DVT) are committed to the procurement of sustainably produced raw materials...
Federal Association for Animal Health e. V. (BfT) sees many misunderstandings on the subject of animal health and calls for a stronger focus on facts. "Animal health, human health and an intact planet are closely intertwined." With these words, the chairman Jörg Hannemann addressed what is important to the association in his welcome speech to the lecture event (May 16.05) in Cologne...
Millions of livestock in Europe eke out an agonizing existence in cramped cages. Now there is hope: The European citizens' initiative "End the Cage Age" recently reached one million signatures against cage farming for livestock...
The Animal Welfare Initiative (ITW) is awarding the “Innovation Prize for Animal Welfare” for the second time. From June 1, 2019, pig, chicken and turkey farmers, experts and scientists can apply in two categories. Animal owners can apply for prize money with projects that have already been implemented...