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Tue, 26 Feb 2019

Pig castration

Commonly, pig farmers surgically castrate male pigs in the first weeks of life, generally without using anaesthesia and...

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Position Papers

Wed, 14 Nov 2018

Monitoring of farm animal welfare using animal indicators

FVE advises all involved in animal farming to use animal-based indicators for assessing the welfare conditions of farmed...

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Position Papers

Mon, 07 Jan 2019

FVE guidelines responsible use of antibiotics

Since years FVE is promoting responsible and prudent use of antibiotics To give guidance on how this can be achieved, FVE...

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Mon, 11 Mar 2019

Animal Health & Welfare

Veterinarians and Experimental animals

Veterinarians have the knowledge and the skills concerning animal health, animal welfare and Vet Public Health – as well...

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Mon, 11 Mar 2019

Animal Health & Welfare

Animal welfare food labelling

FVE believes that all animals should be stunned before slaughter However, as long as slaughter without stunning is...

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Mon, 11 Mar 2019

Animal Health & Welfare

Horses as food-producing animals

In view of on-going discussions to consider all Equidae as companion animals the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe is...

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Mon, 04 Mar 2019

Animal Health & Welfare / Public Health & Food Safety / Veterinary Profession

Veterinarians’ Contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

The rapidly growing world population, combined with the increasing number of people that can afford meat and other products...

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Thu, 28 Feb 2019

Animal Health & Welfare

FVE comments on farmed rabbits

Due to the discussion that took place at the European Parliament on January 2017 on the proposal of new legislation and...

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Wed, 27 Feb 2019

Animal Health & Welfare / Medicines

Designation of antimicrobials reserved for humans: FVE inputs

Regulation 2019/6 on veterinary medicinal products lays down that the Commission shall adopt tertiary legislation to set up...

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