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Research explores swine welfare, environmental enrichment link

There is growing consumer interest in humanely raised meat. An important factor of humanely raised animals is providing environmental enrichment for them. Environmental enrichment is improving a captive animal’s environment for their well-being and quality of life. Enrichment can be social, occupational, physical, sensory, or nutritional. For University of Saskatchewan (USask) student Abby Tillotson, the […]

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Animal Health Official Respond to First Detection of High Path Avian Influenza in a Pig

Animal health officials are responding to the first case of a pig in the United States testing positive for high path H5N1 avian influenza. On October 30th USDA confirmed that the first detection in a pig of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza had occurred on a small backyard mixed farm in Oregon that housed poultry,

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