#Act4 FarmAnimals Infectious diseases are emerging globally at an unprecedented rate while global food demand is projected to increase sharply by 2100. Emerging human infectious diseases and the link to global food production 2 April 2020 Long read
#Act4 FarmAnimals Scientists are tracing the path of Sars-CoV-2 from a wild animal host – but we need to look at the part played in the outbreak by industrial food production. Is factory farming to blame for coronavirus? 1 April 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals The primary cause of zoonotic diseases like coronavirus is not the consumption of wildlife—it’s the consumption of animals, period. Coronavirus should make you reconsider eating meat 23 March 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals The coronavirus outbreak stresses the need to change how we make our meat. Modernizing meat production will help us avoid pandemics 17 March 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Chicken is the most popular meat in the UK and its consumption is growing. A report shows the true costs of production on this scale. Chicken consumption and the hidden consequences for animal welfare, our environment and public health 16 March 2020 CIWF
#Act4 FarmAnimals Salmonella and Campylobacter are becoming increasingly resistant to ciprofloxacin, one of the antibiotics used for treating infections caused by these bacteria. Antimicrobial resistance in the EU: infections by foodborne bacteria becoming harder to treat 5 March 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals This third OIE annual report on the use of antimicrobial agents intended for use in animals provides a global and regional analysis from 2015 to 2017. OIE Annual report on antimicrobial agents intended for use in animals 17 February 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals The action plan will strengthen collaboration and surveillance, will reduce data gaps and allow for the sharing of best practices within the EU. Antimicrobial Resistance: Commission publishes progress report on Action Plan 17 February 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Improved surveillance, communication and collaboration are key to controlling the spread of African swine fever in Europe, according to a new risk assessment carried out by EFSA. African swine fever: early detection is key to controlling spread 5 November 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Concerns come as Senate calls for release of dozens of outstanding independent observer reports RSPCA seriously concerned about 'sanitised' live export observer reports 24 July 2019 RSPCA
#Act4 FarmAnimals Experts say region is losing the battle to stop the biggest animal disease outbreak the planet has ever faced 'No way to stop it': millions of pigs culled across Asia as swine fever spreads 6 June 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Milk consumption continues to decline in France. Milk consumption in France falls 19 May 2019