Philip Lymbery is an international animal welfare consultant. In 1992, his report, The Welfare of Farmed Fish, was the UK's first to look at the welfare issues in salmon and trout farming. This was written whilst working for Compassion In World Farming (1990-2000), where he spent the last 7 years as Campaigns Director. Maintaining a special interest in fish welfare, Philip submitted both writte...

There is increasing archaeological evidence that deer were being systematically cropped or “ranched” much earlier than has been previously supposed. In the Mediterranean region, fallow deer (Dama danm dama), made a sudden appearance on several islands at the same time as sheep, goats and pigs, and subsequently their bones make up 70 percent of those found at Neolithic sites between 6000 and 200...

On the menu at the Rossmount Inn in Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, on the Atlantic coast of Canada, you may find kelp-wrapped salmon– avocado tartare with sesame cranberry– apple vinaigrette, citrus–soy glaze, cilantro, and chives. It sounds mouthwatering, but this is no ordinary seafood. The farmed seaweed (Saccharina latissima) and Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) are not only side by side on the...

Sea lice infestations have become a major health problem for farmed salmonids throughout the world including Chile. In southern Chile, 6 geographical areas, divided into 22 geographical zones with a total of 127 salmon farming centers and 1519 sea pens, were regularly sampled from December 1999 to April 2002. A linear mixed-effects model (LME) approach was used to describe the infestations of a...

Anguillid herpesvirus 1 (AngHV1) causes a haemorrhagic disease with increased mortality in wild and farmed European eel, Anguilla anguilla (L.) and Japanese eel Anguilla japonica, Temminck & Schlegel). Detection of AngHV1 is currently based on virus isolation in cell culture, antibody-based typing assays or conventional PCR. We developed, optimized and concisely validated a diagnostic TaqMan pr...

The pathogenic chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has been linked to global declines and extinctions of amphibians, making it one of the most devastating wildlife pathogens known. Understanding the factors that affect disease dynamics in this system is critical for mitigating infection and protecting threatened species. Crayfish are hosts of this pathogen and can transmit Bd to ...

Positivity towards meat consumption remains strong, despite evidence of negative environmental and ethical outcomes. Although awareness of these repercussions is rising, there is still public resistance to removing meat from our diets. One potential method to alleviate these effects is to produce in vitro meat: meat grown in a laboratory that does not carry the same environmental or ethical con...