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Abstracts: Description of a novel fatigue syndrome of finished feedlot cattle following transportation

August 4, 2015August 12, 2015adminLeave a Comment

Ensuring appropriate animal welfare is a high priority for the beef industry, and poorly defined abnormalities in the mobility of cattle at abattoirs have gained considerable attention recently. During the summer of 2013, abattoirs throughout the United States reported concerns about nonambulatory or slow and difficult to move cattle and cattle that sloughed hoof walls. This report […]

Heat stress: A major contributor to poor animal welfare associated with long-haul live export voyages

November 1, 2013October 9, 2013adminLeave a Comment

Recent investigations by the Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry into high mortalities on live export voyages from Australia to the Middle East during the Northern hemisphere summer suggest that animal welfare may be compromised by heat stress. The live export industry has generated a computer model that aims to assess the risk of […]

Vet Ethics: A badger brouhaha

July 9, 2013July 30, 2013adminLeave a Comment

The badger is one of those animals to have shuffled its way into the human imagination. My first exposure to badger folklore was when my father told me that a harassed badger could be uncommonly fierce, and that, like a wolverine or a Tasmanian Devil, he packed a punch beyond his diminutive size. This idea […]

‘Sickening’ scandal dogs live export industry

June 12, 2013June 25, 2013adminLeave a Comment

The actions of a concerned Egyptian veterinarian have thrown the live export industry in to yet another scandal. In April Mahmoud Abdelwahab corresponded with animal welfare group Animals Australia, and they subsequently obtained footage of slaughterhouses in Egypt. The footage shows cruelty in facilities that the live export industry has previously deemed to meet Australian […]

Live export vessel veterinarian reports injuries, standards breaches

May 13, 2013May 16, 2013adminLeave a Comment

The recent mistreatment of Australian animals overseas has been the source of much consternation in recent months, deflecting attention from conditions on live export ships. A veterinarian who has spent 13 years working on live export voyages has made a submission to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) review in to Australian Standards […]