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Pew industrial-farm report has veterinary detractors
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DVM
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August 1, 2008
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IN THE NEWS
WASHINGTON - A report exploring big agriculture's impact on the environment, animal welfare and human health is encountering strong criticism from a faction of leaders in veterinary medicine.
The 2.5-year, $3 million study, released by the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production, is being publicized as the nation's first in-depth, comprehensive review of U.S. agriculture practices. Yet organized veterinary medicine, known to tout the reputation of Pew Charitable Trusts, now opposes at least two of the six Pew recommendations, including phasing out sow gestation stalls and battery cages and banning the non-therapeutic use of antimicrobials in animals entering the ...