The Tierwohl Initiative (ITW) announces the successful completion of the extended registration phase for the ITW program 2021-2023. After 3.677 pig farms had already registered during the first part of the registration phase in September and October, the ITW was able to allow a further 739 farms in the extension ...
The salmonella monitoring in the QS scheme shows a 50 percent decrease in the critical salmonella classification (category III farms) compared to the previous year. While it was 2019% in 3,3, this year only 1,6% of all almost 20.000 pig fattening farms show an increased risk. If you compare the figures with the situation at the time of the introduction of salmonella monitoring in 2003, the proportion of companies with a high salmonella risk has decreased significantly ...
In July, the Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) reported that the amount of antibiotics dispensed in veterinary medicine in Germany fell again in 2019. It fell by 52,2 tons to 670 tons compared to the previous year, 7,2 percent less than in 2018.
At the beginning of November, some cases of avian influenza were detected in the Hamburg area. Poultry farmers were asked to take precautionary measures and to observe their stocks and, if possible, to isolate them from the outside world ...
The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) informs that African swine fever (ASF) has also been detected in a wild boar in Saxony for the first time. The animal was shot during a hunt and had no symptoms of the disease ...
The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) informs that avian influenza has been detected in a wild duck in Hamburg, a common buzzard in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and various wild birds in Schleswig-Holstein. This was confirmed by the Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, the Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI) on Friday ...
The pork buzzer, a geothermal barn and a barn system for animal welfare from sows to fattening - the Tierwohl Initiative (ITW) today awarded the animal welfare innovation prize to three farmers for these projects. All three farmers are pig farmers and come from Lower Saxony. The ITW awards the animal welfare innovation prize annually for outstanding achievements that effectively raise the animal welfare level in the stables in an innovative way ...
The Tierwohl Initiative (ITW) reports a decisive success in the preparation of its third program phase, which will start in January 2021. Months before the start, 3.696 pig farmers with more than 21,1 million animals per year have already registered. These include 3031 pig fatteners with 12,4 million animals a year ...
African swine fever is harmless to humans and other animal species, but not to wild and domestic pigs. In Germany, 86 new cases have now been officially confirmed. According to the information, most of the cases were confirmed in the Oder-Spree district (district in the east of Brandenburg, near the Polish border) ...
On the initiative of the Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture, Julia Klöckner, it was achieved that there are now slaughter options: The Ministry (BMEL) has completed the procedure required for this at the European Commission. This not only serves animal welfare, but also relieves the animal owners in the affected areas ...
The European Union has set itself the goal of establishing and developing a future-proof and sustainable food system. Livestock husbandry is on the way to success. FAO statistics show that since the 1960s, livestock emissions have already halved due to the switch to more specialized livestock systems ...