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WelFarmers: The best practices in welfare for pigs

Pig farmers, research centers and higher education institutions will be working together in the EU-funded project ‘WelFarmers’ where more than 50% of the pig production in Europe is represented in the consortium formed by eight European countries.

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CP Foods moves up one tier on the latest Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare report

Charoen Pokphand Foods shows significant development in the areas of Innovation and Leadership as well as Performance Reporting and Impact.

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Recombinetics and DNA Genetics form alliance to end surgical castrations of swine

Alliance aims to improve swine health and well-being.

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Major French pig breeder to end pig castration

Cooperl Arc Atlantique, a major group of French pig breeders accounting for 20% of the whole pig production in France, announced it will propose plans designed to completely stop the castration of piglets by March 2013.

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VION guarantees ‘uncastrated’ pork

VION Food Nederland will be able to supply Dutch retailers with pork from uncastrated animals as of 1 February 2011.

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JMAFF Approves Pfizer Animal Health’s IMPROVAC as Safe and Effective for Pigs in Japan

Pfizer Animal Health announced it will begin to expand Japanese veterinary experience with IMPROVAC, Pfizer’s successful pork production technology embraced by pig farmers in other countries for more than 10 years.

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Metacam® receives EU approval for the relief of pain in castrated piglets

Boehringer Ingelheim’s Metacam® (active ingredient: Meloxicam) 5mg/ml solution for injection obtained EU wide marketing authorization for its use as an analgesic to relieve post operative pain associated with castration in piglets.