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76 relations: Agriculture, Algal bloom, Anaerobic lagoon, Anima (organization), Animal feeding operation, Animal husbandry, Animal rights, Animal welfare, Australia, Brittany, Canada, Channel 4, China, Chlamydia infection, Clean Water Act, Concentrated animal feeding operation, Cruelty to animals, Cryptosporidiosis, Denitrification, Denmark, Docking (animal), Domestic pig, Earmark (agriculture), Environmental justice, Environmentalism, Enviropig, European Union, Fertilizer, Free range, Gestation crate, Giardiasis, Gloucestershire Old Spots, Grampian Country Foods, Horizontal integration, Humane Slaughter Act, Influenza, Intensive animal farming, Intensive pig farming, Iowa, James Cromwell, Jamie Oliver, Livestock, Meat and bone meal, Meningitis, Mexico, Mike King (comedian), Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries (Denmark), New River (North Carolina), Permeability (earth sciences), Pig, ..., Pig farming, Pig milk, Politiken, Pollution, Pork, Runt, SAFE (New Zealand organisation), Salmonellosis, Scoop (website), Slaughterhouse, Sludge, Smithfield Foods, Sty, Subtherapeutic antibiotic use in swine, Sunday (New Zealand TV programme), Tail biting in pigs, The New York Times, The New Zealand Herald, The Washington Post, United Kingdom, United States, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Vertical integration, Vitamin, Weaning, Worm. Expand index (26 more) »
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of land and breeding of animals and plants to provide food, fiber, medicinal plants and other products to sustain and enhance life.
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Algal bloom
An algal bloom is a rapid increase or accumulation in the population of algae in freshwater or marine water systems, and is recognized by the discoloration in the water from their pigments.
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Anaerobic lagoon
An anaerobic lagoon or manure lagoon is a man-made outdoor earthen basin filled with animal waste that undergoes anaerobic respiration as part of a system designed to manage and treat refuse created by concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs).
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Anima (organization)
Anima is a Danish animal rights organization founded in 2000.
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Animal feeding operation
The Environmental Protection Agency defines an animal feeding operation (AFO) in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR, Federal Register, V. 68 No. 1, page 7265) as a lot or facility (other than an aquatic animal production facility) where the following conditions are met.
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Animal husbandry
Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fibre, milk, eggs, or other products.
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Animal rights
Animal rights is the idea in which some, or all, non-human animals are entitled to the possession of their own lives and that their most basic interests—such as the need to avoid suffering—should be afforded the same consideration as similar interests of human beings.
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Animal welfare
Animal welfare is the well-being of animals.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.
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Brittany
Brittany (Bretagne; Breizh, pronounced or; Gallo: Bertaèyn, pronounced) is a cultural region in the northwest of France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation.
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Canada
Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.
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Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster that began transmission on 2 November 1982.
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.
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Chlamydia infection
Chlamydia infection, often simply known as chlamydia, is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.
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Clean Water Act
The Clean Water Act (CWA) is the primary federal law in the United States governing water pollution.
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Concentrated animal feeding operation
A concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO), as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is an animal feeding operation (AFO)—a farm in which animals are raised in confinement—that has over 1000 "animal units" confined for over 45 days a year.
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Cruelty to animals
Cruelty to animals, also called animal abuse, animal neglect or animal cruelty, is the infliction by omission (animal neglect) or by commission by humans of suffering or harm upon any non-human animal.
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Cryptosporidiosis
Cryptosporidiosis, also known as crypto, is a parasitic disease caused by Cryptosporidium, a genus of protozoan parasites in the phylum Apicomplexa.
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Denitrification
Denitrification is a microbially facilitated process where nitrate is reduced and ultimately produces molecular nitrogen (N2) through a series of intermediate gaseous nitrogen oxide products.
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Denmark
Denmark (Danmark), officially the Kingdom of Denmark,Kongeriget Danmark,.
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Docking (animal)
Docking is the intentional removal of part of an animal's tail or, sometimes, ears.
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Domestic pig
The domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus or only Sus domesticus), often called swine, hog, or simply pig when there is no need to distinguish it from other pigs, is a large, even-toed ungulate.
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Earmark (agriculture)
An earmark is a cut or mark in the ear of livestock animals such as cattle, deer, pigs, goats, camels or sheep, made to show ownership, year of birth or sex.
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Environmental justice
Environmental justice emerged as a concept in the United States in the early 1980s.
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Environmentalism
Environmentalism or environmental rights is a broad philosophy, ideology, and social movement regarding concerns for environmental protection and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks to incorporate the impact of changes to the environment on humans, animals, plants and non-living matter.
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Enviropig
Enviropig is the trademark for a genetically modified line of Yorkshire pigs, with the capability to digest plant phosphorus more efficiently than conventional unmodified livestock pigs, that was developed at the University of Guelph.
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European Union
The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of EUnum member states that are located primarily in Europe.
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Fertilizer
A fertilizer (American English) or fertiliser (British English; see spelling differences) is any material of natural or synthetic origin (other than liming materials) that is applied to soils or to plant tissues to supply one or more plant nutrients essential to the growth of plants.
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Free range
A small flock of mixed free-range chickens being fed outdoors Free range denotes a method of farming husbandry where the animals, for at least part of the day, can roam freely outdoors, rather than being confined in an enclosure for 24 hours each day.
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Gestation crate
A gestation crate, also known as a sow stall, is a metal enclosure in which a farmed sow used for breeding may be kept during pregnancy and after parturition in order to keep her piglets safe in a small space setting.
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Giardiasis
Giardiasis, popularly known as beaver fever, is a parasitic disease caused by Giardia lamblia.
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Gloucestershire Old Spots
The Gloucestershire Old Spots (also "Gloucester, Gloucester Old Spot, Gloucestershire Old Spot" or simply "Old Spots") is an English breed of pig which is predominantly white with black spots.
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Grampian Country Foods
Grampian Country Foods was a Scottish-based meat processing company, now part of the UK division of Netherlands-cooperative, Vion NV.
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Horizontal integration
Horizontal integration is the process of a company increasing production of goods or services at the same part of the supply chain.
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Humane Slaughter Act
The Humane Slaughter Act, or the Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter Act (P.L. 85-765; 7 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.) is a United States federal law designed to decrease suffering of livestock during slaughter.
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Influenza
Influenza, commonly known as "the flu", is an infectious disease caused by an influenza virus.
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Intensive animal farming
Intensive animal farming or industrial livestock production, also known as factory farming, is a production approach towards farm animals in order to maximize production output, while minimizing production costs.
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Intensive pig farming
Intensive pig farming is a subset of pig farming and of Industrial animal agriculture, all of which are types of animal husbandry, in which livestock domestic pigs are raised up to slaughter weight.
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Iowa
Iowa is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers to the west.
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James Cromwell
James Oliver Cromwell (born January 27, 1940) is an American actor.
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Jamie Oliver
James Trevor Oliver (born 27 May 1975) is an English chef and restaurateur.
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Livestock
Livestock are domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to produce labor and commodities such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool.
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Meat and bone meal
Meat and bone meal (MBM) is a product of the rendering industry.
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Meningitis
Meningitis is an acute inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, known collectively as the meninges.
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Mexico
Mexico (México; Mēxihco), officially called the United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic in the southern portion of North America.
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Mike King (comedian)
Mike King (born 12 April 1962) is a New Zealand comedian and television personality.
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Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries (Denmark)
Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries of Denmark (Minister for Fødevarer, Landbrug og Fiskeri) is the politically appointed head of the Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and a member of the Cabinet.
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New River (North Carolina)
The New River is a 50-mile (80-km) long river in southeastern North Carolina in the United States.
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Permeability (earth sciences)
Permeability in fluid mechanics and the earth sciences (commonly symbolized as κ, or k) is a measure of the ability of a porous material (often, a rock or an unconsolidated material) to allow fluids to pass through it.
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Pig
A pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the even-toed ungulate family Suidae.
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Pig farming
Pig farming is the raising and breeding of domestic pigs as livestock, and is a branch of animal husbandry.
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Pig milk
Pig milk is milk from pigs, and is typically consumed by piglets.
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Politiken
Politiken is a leading Danish daily broadsheet newspaper, published by JP/Politikens Hus in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Pollution
Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change.
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Pork
Pork is the culinary name for meat from a domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus).
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Runt
In a group of animals (usually a litter of animals born in multiple births), a runt is a member which is smaller or weaker than the others.
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SAFE (New Zealand organisation)
SAFE (Save Animals From Exploitation) is a New Zealand animal rights group.
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Salmonellosis
Salmonellosis is a symptomatic infection caused by bacteria of the Salmonella type.
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Scoop (website)
Scoop.co.nz is a New Zealand internet news site run by Scoop Media Limited, part of the Scoop Media Cartel.
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Slaughterhouse
A slaughterhouse or abattoir is a facility where animals are slaughtered for consumption as food.
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Sludge
Sludge is a semi-solid slurry and can be produced as sewage sludge from wastewater treatment processes or as a settled suspension obtained from conventional drinking water treatment and numerous other industrial processes.
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Smithfield Foods
Smithfield Foods, Inc., is a meat-processing company and wholly owned subsidiary of WH Group of China.
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Sty
A sty or pigsty is a small-scale outdoor enclosure for raising domestic pigs as livestock.
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Subtherapeutic antibiotic use in swine
Antibiotics are commonly used in commercial swine production in the United States and around the world.
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Sunday (New Zealand TV programme)
Sunday is a current affairs programme broadcast on TVNZ 1 in New Zealand on Sunday nights at. Presented by Miriama Kamo with a team of New Zealand reporters, the programme began when TV ONE did not renew its rights to 60 Minutes which had aired previously in this time slot. The hour-long show usually features two reports from the local reporters and one report from an overseas current affairs programme. The programme's tagline is "Where there's a story we'll find it". In 2012, the show was reduced to half an hour and moved to a new time slot of 7.00pm due to the New Zealand's Got Talent series. TVNZ also reviewed the future of the show. In May 2014, the show returned to an hour time slot but is now back to half an hour slot.
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Tail biting in pigs
Tail biting in pigs is an abnormal behavior whereby a pig uses its teeth to bite, chew or orally manipulate another pigs's tail.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.
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The New Zealand Herald
The New Zealand Herald is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment.
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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United States Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency is an independent agency of the United States federal government for environmental protection.
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Vertical integration
In microeconomics and management, vertical integration is an arrangement in which the supply chain of a company is owned by that company.
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Vitamin
A vitamin is an organic molecule (or related set of molecules) which is an essential micronutrient - that is, a substance which an organism needs in small quantities for the proper functioning of its metabolism - but cannot synthesize it (either at all, or in sufficient quantities), and therefore it must be obtained through the diet.
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Weaning
Weaning is the process of gradually introducing an infant mammal to what will be its adult diet and withdrawing the supply of its mother's milk.
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Worm
Worms are many different distantly related animals that typically have a long cylindrical tube-like body and no limbs.
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References
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