NIFA-funded Projects Advance Research in Animal Welfare

October 12, 2022 — 

NDSU is exploring how early exposure to a ramp can reduce behavioral, physiological indicators of stress, cause fewer injuries and improve loading.

Environmental and management conditions can increase stress in livestock and impair their health. USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture invests in science-based management practices geared to help America's animal agricultural enterprises thrive, while advancing research related to animal welfare and well-being.

Last year, NIFA funded more than $6.2 million in grants aimed to advance research to understand how to better assess well-being in agricultural animals, while also identifying and lessening negative effects of stressors on farm animals.

Read the full story at National Hog Farmer.

[Source: National Hog Farmer 7 October 2022]