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Animal disease research misses human perspective

fleischwirtschaft.com – UNITED KINGDOM, Newcastle Upon Tyne. Animal disease research concentrates too much on the behaviour of micro organisms while ignoring the role played by human beings; we need to take more account of the human dimension if the work of scientists is to be translated effectively into policy, according to scientists at Lancaster and Liverpool universities.  

Year-long ostrich culling ends this week

fleischwirtschaft.com – SOUTH AFRICA, Johannesburg. The Western Cape agriculture department will cull another 360 ostriches in the Oudtshoorn area by the end of this week.  

Meat consumption in China now doubles United States

fleischwirtschaft.com – USA, Washington D.C. More than a quarter of all the meat produced worldwide is now eaten in China, and the country’s 1.35 billion people are hungry for more. In 1978, China’s meat consumption of 8 million tons was one third the U.S. consumption of 24 million tons.  

City to invest in hi-tech livestock farming

fleischwirtschaft.com – VIETNAM, Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) will develop a hi-tech production chain of breeds, and animal feeds and then transfer the modern and safe farming model to neighboring provinces in order to ensure a supply source of livestock products at stable prices.  

Global pork markets find stability

fleischwirtschaft.com - THE NETHERLANDS, Utrecht. Global pork markets will be stable, with a modest recovery during the second half of 2012, according to Rabobank's quarterly global pork market outlook.