The 2010 2nd International Symposium on Beef Cattle Welfare was held May 19-21 at Kansas State University.
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2010 Cattle Welfare Symposium
Featured videos from the 2010 beef cattle welfare symposium
(5/27/2010)
See interviews with Dan Thomson, DVM, PhD, and Tom Noffsinger, DVM.
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Beef cattle welfare and NAFAWC-Beef
(5/27/2010)
The 2nd International Symposium on Beef Cattle Welfare was held May 19-21 at Kansas State University, where about 200 scientists, veterinarians, ranchers and other beef industry members were in attendance with another almost 800 throughout the U.S. and some foreign countries joining via a live webcast.
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Welfare and handling accomplishments
(5/27/2010)
The livestock industry is still and will continue to work on improve food animal welfare, but it’s important to note that we have been placing a large amount of effort into it for many years already.
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Cow-calf welfare issues
(5/27/2010)
Most people don’t typically think there are welfare issues in cow-calf operations, but there can be in certain situations.
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Calf welfare and weaning
(5/27/2010)
Weaning represents the single greatest stressor we impose on calves, says Joe Stookey, MSc, PhD, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, Saskatoon, Canada.
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Animal welfare in livestock markets
(5/27/2010)
There are over a thousand livestock auction and sale barns in the U.S. where cattle are marketed.
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Cattle welfare begins with the calf
(5/27/2010)
Taking my familiar 120-mile drive from Kansas City to Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan. this week, I passed though brilliant green (thanks to the spring rains) Flint Hills pastures dotted with healthy, grazing cattle.
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Livestock transportation accidents
(5/26/2010)
No one wants to have or even witness a livestock truck accident, but they do happen.
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Communicating with frightened cattle
(5/26/2010)
Cattle that have been involved in a livestock hauling accident can have some of the same issues as humans in that situation – fright, confusion and disorientation.
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Stock trailers can have accidents, too
(5/26/2010)
Though road accidents with commercial livestock trailers tend to get on the 6 o’clock news, accidents with smaller, private trailers such as stock and horse trailers happen as well.
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