African swine fever in Poland - more than 23.000 pigs infected
To make matters worse, that too. In addition to the corona crisis, African swine fever (ASF) has now broken out in a Polish pig farm ...
Production & Animal Health
Corona: Feed supply for animal husbandry must be guaranteed
The Deutsche Verband Tiernahrung e. V. (DVT) points out that the feed industry is doing everything in the current exceptional situation to ensure that the animals are supplied with high-quality feed ...
Lower salmonella risk in pig fattening farms
With extensive hygiene measures, increased vigilance on the part of the animal owners and the greatest possible transparency along the supply chain, we have succeeded in reducing the salmonella risk in pig farms ...
Bioland criticizes the lack of animal welfare in agricultural policy
The state secretaries responsible for agriculture in the federal states are discussing the animal welfare and livestock husbandry ordinance today. In this context, Bioland criticizes the government's lack of ambitions to anchor animal welfare in the long term. The extent of such an ignorant policy would be particularly evident in pig farming ...
Animal welfare office warns of meat products from China
The German Animal Welfare Office warns against the consumption of meat and sausage products from China, which can be found again and again in ready meals - especially Chinese frozen products - in relation to the coronavirus.
Bird flu: ZDG warns hobby owners to comply with biosafety
The bird flu virus H5N8 was detected at the weekend in a small poultry keeping with a few laying hens and water fowl, which was run as a hobby, and the population was culled. "The bird flu virus does not stop at small hobby businesses either" ...
Diagnostics in the cattle practice
The challenges and differences for clinical and laboratory diagnostic examinations were identified by the internationally recognized experts. The clinical examination is of great importance. With the evaluation of the findings, it is the basic building block for veterinary work. The clinical examination of the individual animal continues to play an important role, as conclusions can be drawn from this with regular monitoring ...
Abolition of male chick killing by the end of 2021
Agriculture Ministers Julia Klöckner and Didier Guillaume mobilize the players in the poultry industry to accelerate the development and implementation of alternatives On October 16, 2019, the French Minister and the German Minister for Food and Agriculture ...
Tönnies: "Animal welfare milestone" planned
The Tierwohl Initiative (ITW) has announced a small meat revolution as part of the Green Week. The participating food retailer (LEH) has agreed to offer the complete basic range of unprocessed pork from 2021 ...
Killing chicks - poultry industry is aiming for an exit by the end of 2021
The German poultry industry wants an honest, concrete and objective solution-oriented way to get out of killing rooster chicks as quickly as possible. An exit by 2021/22 could be feasible with the greatest effort if all partners along the generation chain ...
African swine fever in western Poland: Parliamentary State Secretary Feiler offers help
Parliamentary State Secretary Feiler gets a picture on site and promotes cooperation. The Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture, Uwe Feiler, got an idea of the preventive measures against African swine fever at the German-Polish border ...