Information Resources for Livestock and Poultry Handling and Transport, December 1988

Guidelines

"Guidelines" is a chapter from: O'Driscoll, Jennifer, ed. (December 1998). Information Resources for Livestock and Poultry Handling and Transport. AWIC Resource Series No. 4. U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library, Animal Welfare Information Center, Beltsville, MD. Contact us: http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/contact.php.

The following are links to AWIC and other chapters in this publication:

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• 9 C.F.R. § 313.2 (1993). The Humane Slaughter Act of 1978.
  
  
• 49 U.S.C. § 80502 (1995). The Twenty-Eight Hour Law of 1877, repealed and reenacted in amended form in 1994. United States Code.
  
  
• Animal Protection Act. Statutes of Alberta, 1988, Chapter A-42.1 with amendments in force as of October 1, 1989 (1989). Province of Alberta, Canada, Office of Consolidation, 6 pp. Available from Animal Welfare Information Center, 10301 Baltimore Blvd., Beltsville, MD 20705.
  
  
• Animal Transportation Association. AATA Manual for the Transportation of Live Animals by Road. Available from Silesia Companies, P.O. Box 441110, Ft. Washington, MD, 20749 USA.
  
  
• Canadian Federation of Humane Societies, Coordinator (1990). Recommended code of practice for the care and handling of poultry from hatchery to processing plant. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Agriculture Canada, Publication 1757/E, 54 pp.
  NAL call number: 7 C16Pu 1757/E
  
  
• Colorado State University Cooperative Extension (1993). 4-H humane animal care guidelines. Fort Collins, CO: Colorado State University Cooperative Extension. NAL call number: SF65.2 A15 1993
  
  
• Consortium for developing a guide for the care and use of agricultural animal in agricultural research and teaching (1988, first revised edition January 1999). Guide for the care and use of agricultural animals in agricultural research and teaching. Savoy, IL: Federation of Animal Science Societies (FASS): 90p. Available from FASS, 1111 North Dunlap Avenue, Savoy, IL 61874
  Telephone 217-356-3182 or e-mail fass@assochq.org
  
  
• Council of Europe 1991. Council Directive of 18 November on Stunning of Animals Before Slaughter (74/577/EEC). Official Journal of the European Communities, No. L 316, 26 November 1991, p. 10-11.
  
  
• Grandin, T. (1988). Livestock handling guide: management practices that reduce livestock bruises and injuries and improve handling efficiency. Madison, WI: Livestock Conservation Institute, 16 p.
  NAL call number: SF77 G72 1988
  
  
• Grandin, T. (1991). Recommended animal handling guidelines for meat packers. Washington, DC: American Meat Institute, 21 p. Available on-line at http://www.grandin.com and http://www.meatami.com.
  NAL call number: TS1960 G73 1991
  
  
• Grandin, T. (1997). Good manufacturing practices for animal handling and stunning. Washington, DC: American Meat Institute. Available on-line at http://www.grandin.com and http://www.meatami.com.
  
  
• Huntington, P. and F. Cleland (1992). Horse sense. The Australian guide to horse husbandry. East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Rhône-Poulenc Animal Nutrition Pty. Ltd., Australian Horse Council, and the Victoria Department of Food and Agriculture, 310 pp.
  NAL call number: SF285 H86 1992
  
  
• Hurnik, F. (1991). Recommended code of practice for the care and handling of farm animals: beef cattle. Ottowa, Ontario, Canada: Agriculture Canada, Publication 1870/E, 46 pp.
  NAL call number: 7 C16Pu no. 1870/E
  
  
• International Air Transport Association. IATA Live Animals Regulations. Available from Silesia Companies, P.O. Box 441110, Ft. Washington, MD, 20749 USA.
  
  
• Manitoba PMU Study Committee (1990). Recommended code of practice for the care and handling of horses in PMU operations. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Manitoba Agriculture, 13 pp.
  
  
• Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (1992). Code of recommendations and minimum standards for the welfare of animals used in rodeo events. Wellington, New Zealand: Animal Welfare Advisory Committee, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 9 pp.
  NAL call number: HV4890.4 A3C63
  
  
• Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (1993). Code of recommendations and minimum standards for the welfare of bobby calves. Wellington, New Zealand: Animal Welfare Advisory Committee, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 11 pp.
  NAL call number: HV4890.4 A3C63
  
  
• Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (1993). Code of recommendations and minimum standards for the welfare of horses. Wellington, New Zealand: Animal Welfare Advisory Committee, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 43 pp.
  NAL call number: HV4890.4 A3C63
  
  
• Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (1994). Code of recommendation and minimum standards for the welfare of animals transported within New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand: Animal Welfare Advisory Committee, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 52 pp. Available from Animal Welfare Information Center, 10301 Baltimore Blvd., Beltsvillle, MD 20705.
  
  
• Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (1994). Code of recommendations and minimum standards for the welfare of animals at the time of slaughter at licensed and approved premises. Wellington, New Zealand: Animal Welfare Advisory Committee, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 17 pp. Available from Animal Welfare Information Center, 10301 Baltimore Blvd., Beltsvillle, MD 20705.
  
  
• Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1993). Guidance on the transport of casualty farm animals. HMSO.
  
  
• Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1994). The Welfare of Livestock Regulations 1994 (SI 1994/2126). HMSO.
  
  
• Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1995). The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995. HMSO.
  
  
• Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1997). The Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order 1997 (SI No. 1480). HMSO.
  
  
• Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (various). Codes of recommendation for the welfare of livestock. Includes: Cattle (1983), Domestic fowls (1987), Ducks (1987), Farmed deer (1989), Goats (1989), Pigs (1983), Rabbits (1987), Sheep (1989), Turkeys (1987). HMSO.
  
  
• RSPCA Australia (1996). Guidelines for the humane road transport of livestock. Available on-line at http://www.rspca.org.au/.
  
  
• RSPCA Australia (1996). Guidelines for the transport of drought-affected livestock. Available on-line at http://www.rspca.org.au/.
  
  
• RSPCA Australia (1996). Guidelines for the welfare of bobby calves at calf-scales and pick-up points. Available on-line at http://www.rspca.org.au/.
  
  
• RSPCA Australia (1996). Guidelines for the welfare of livestock at saleyards. Available on-line at http://www.rspca.org.au/.
  
  
• RSPCA Australia (1996). Guidelines on long distance haulage of horses. Available on-line at http://www.rspca.org.au/.
  
  
• RSPCA Australia (1996). Handling of drought-affected livestock in abattoirs, slaughterhouses and knackeries. Available on-line at http://www.rspca.org.au/.
  
  
• U.S.C. §§ 1901-1906 (1988). The Humane Slaughter Act. United States Code.
  
  

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