Animals and Livestock
| Spotlights |
Select a topic to find recent books, journal articles, and audiovisuals in the NAL Catalog (AGRICOLA).
| Animal Diseases | books | | articles |
| Animal Production | books | | articles |
| Animal Transportation | books | | articles |
| Beef Cattle | books | | articles |
| Beef Products | books | | articles |
| Swine | books | | articles |
| Pork | books | | articles |
| Dairy Farm Manure Management | | articles | |
| Transgenic Livestock, Fish and Insects | books | | articles |
USDA. ARS. Livestock Behavior Research Unit.
LBRU scientists have produced a series of fact sheets covering important farm animal welfare and food safety topics.
Animal Welfare Specific Topic Feeds
USDA. NAL. Animal Welfare Information Center.
Animal Welfare Audits and Certification Programs
USDA. NAL. Animal Welfare Information Center.
On this page are links to animal husbandry guidelines, animal welfare audit overviews, humane certification programs, food industry animal welfare policies, and related international policies.
Disaster Planning for Farm Animals
USDA. NAL. Animal Welfare Information Center.
A resource that lists preparedness and disaster plans for livestock. Also included are training modules on disaster preparedness.
USDA. Agricultural Research Service.
This collection preserves the genetic diversity of agriculturally important animals. It includes genetic material from chickens, cattle, swine, sheep, goats, bison, elk, and fish.
USDA. NAL. Alternative Farming Systems Information Center.
A bibliography that addresses overall animal husbandry and health in organic livestock production and contains citations from 1974 - September 2004.
USDA. Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Explains USDA's role in ensuring the humane slaughter of food animals in commercial plants.
USDA. Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Links to information about software products, composting, and training opportunities in agricultural waste management.
Animal and Natural Resources Institute
USDA. ARS. Animal and Natural Resources Institute.
Conducts research and develops technology transfer programs that ensure high quality and safe food while protecting the environment.
USDA. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
The report addresses the US animal health infrastructure, animal population demographics, approaches to foreign animal disease surveillance, animal health diagnostics and veterinary biologics, and new initiatives, including emergency management efforts. The 2005 US Animal Health Report is still available online.
Livestock Library
Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia.
This database contains over 16,000 documents (journal articles, conference proceedings and extension information) with research and extension information for livestock producers and the general public.
University of Michigan. Museum of Zoology.
An online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology. Provides taxonomic description of organization above the species level, such as phyla, classes, orders, and families.
Auburn University. Department of Animal Sciences.
Provides information for the safety of the livestock handler when handling and working with farm livestock.
Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production.
This report is the culmination of a 2.5 year study of the current industrial farm animal production (IFAP) system in the US. The web site contains links to the full report (released in April 2008) which addresses the effects of IFAP systems on public health, rural communities, the environment, and animal health and well-being.