livestock
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What Is Foot and Mouth Disease and Why Are Farmers Fearful of It?
Foot and mouth disease – usually referred to by its acronym FMD – is the most feared livestock disease in the world. It can cripple the livestock sector, cause immense animal suffering, destroy farmer businesses, create food insecurity and has massive trade impacts for Australia. It’s little wonder Australian farmers, rural communities, consumers and governments…
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Here’s Why You Should Be Eating Less Meat If You Want To Help Fight Climate Change
1UK prime minister Boris Johnson launched the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow with the mantra of “coal, cars, cash and trees”. But thus far the summit has largely ignored the elephant in the room. Or rather, the cows, pigs, chickens and fish. The global food system is currently responsible for about a quarter of all…
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It’s Your Mouth, But Please Stop Kissing Poultry
Look: we know that we’ve heard a lot from the Centres of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US over the past year. What were they supposed to do? We’ve been living during a global pandemic caused by a virus never-before-seen in humans, and we all had/have a lot to learn.
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Today I Discovered Cows Aren’t Actually Called Cows
Everyone knows what a cow is, right? But did you know that they’re not actually called “cows”? The term is purely colloquial, and not the proper term for the species at all.
