[http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/animalwelfare/images/banner_nl.jpg] Have you visited the Gateway to Animal Welfare;<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/animal-welfare/> recently? The following have been uploaded since the 7th April 2014: 20 items have been added document type 1. Texas Tech Scientist Raises Concern of Using Beta Agonists in Beef Cattle<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/themes/animal-welfare/news-detail/en/c/223506/> News 2. New Regulations Come into Force to Reduce Antibiotic Use<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/themes/animal-welfare/news-detail/en/c/223505/> News 3. Danish Pig Producers Sign up for Welfare Plan<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/themes/animal-welfare/news-detail/en/c/223419/> News 4. New Figures Expose Myth of Mis-stunning in UK Abattoirs<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/themes/animal-welfare/news-detail/en/c/223422/> News 5. India: Court issues notice on hens in battery cages<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/themes/animal-welfare/news-detail/en/c/223347/> News 6. Diamond 7 Ranch produces cattle with care and compassion<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/themes/animal-welfare/news-detail/en/c/216713/> News 7. Hurricane Preparedness and Recovery for Beef Cattle Operations<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/themes/animal-welfare/news-detail/en/c/223280/> Miscellaneous 8. Study: Reducing heat stress cell by cell<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/themes/animal-welfare/news-detail/en/c/223352/> Scientific and technical papers 9. Effects of Welfare-enhancing System Changes on Environmental Impacts of Broiler and Egg Production<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/themes/animal-welfare/news-detail/en/c/223276/> Scientific and technical papers 10. Antibiotic-free poultry successfully reared in Singapore<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/themes/animal-welfare/news-detail/en/c/223349/> News 11. China simplifies live pig slaughter supervision authorities<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/themes/animal-welfare/news-detail/en/c/223283/> News 12. US-based racial harmony organisation calls on Denmark to withdraw non-stun slaughter ban<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/themes/animal-welfare/news-detail/en/c/223282/> News 13. Study: Broiler stunning methods<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/themes/animal-welfare/news-detail/en/c/223354/> Scientific and technical papers 14. Sustainability in Dutch egg production<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/themes/animal-welfare/news-detail/en/c/223353/> Scientific and technical papers 15. Animal Production and Health Division e-newsletter 88<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/themes/animal-welfare/news-detail/en/c/223356/> Newsletters 16. German Ag Ministers Call for End to Financing Extreme Confinement of Farm Animals<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/themes/animal-welfare/news-detail/en/c/223274/> News 17. Poor Stunning Extremely Rare in UK Slaughterhouses<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/themes/animal-welfare/news-detail/en/c/223273/> News 18. Rising cost of food due to factory farming<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/themes/animal-welfare/news-detail/en/c/218981/> News 19. The effects of welfare-enhancing system changes on the environmental impacts of broiler and egg production<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/themes/animal-welfare/news-detail/en/c/223275/> Scientific and technical papers 20. Is a UK legal muddle is causing unnecessary suffering to livestock?<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/themes/animal-welfare/news-detail/en/c/217106/> News 2 events have been added event date 1. ATA 40th Annual Conference<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/themes/animal-welfare/aw-events/events-detail/en/c/220341/> 04/05/2014 12:00 AM 2. Final conference of the Animal Transport Certification and Control Post Project<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/themes/animal-welfare/aw-events/events-detail/en/c/220340/> 07/05/2014 12:00 AM Have you visited FAOcast recently?<http://vimeo.com/faocast>