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The National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee is asking for feedback on a discussion paper on a proposed Code of Welfare for Dairy Cattle.
The main proposed changes concern the use of electricity to manage animal behaviour, body condition score, intensive winter grazing, shelter, provision of lying surfaces and limit for time on hard surfaces in off-paddock facilities, calf rearing and end-of-life management.
Other areas that are highlighted for consultation include emerging technologies, working relationship with a veterinarian, selection and breeding, painful husbandry procedures, contingency planning, and welfare assurance systems. Submissions on the discussion paper close on June 9.
Info: www.mpi.govt.nz/proposed-code-of-welfare-for-dairy-cattle
