Recommended Code of Practice - Care and Handling - Beef Cattle

Contents   - Review committee chaired by: F. Hurnik, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario

  Page 01 Preface and Introduction
  Page 02 Section 1.  Shelter and housing
  Page 03 Section 2.  Calving facilities
Section 3.  Feed and water
  Page 04 Section 4.  Pastures
Section 5.  Delivery and neonatal care
  Page 05 Section 6.  Early weaned calves
Section 7.  Reproduction management
  Page 06 Section 8.  Herd Management
Section 9.  Herd health management
  Page 07 Section 10.  Treatment of animals
Section 11.  Identification
  Page 08 Section 12.  Loading and farm to farm transportation
Section 13.  Cruelty and neglect
  Page 09 Section 14.  Feedlots
  Page 10 Section 15.  15.1 Definitions, 15.2 General
  Page 11 Section 15.  15.3 Loading and unloading, 15.4 Vehicles
  Page 12 Section 15.  15.5 Containers, 15.6 Space requirements, 15.7 Segregation
  Page 13 Section 15   15.8 Protecting cattle, 15.9 Food, water and rest
  Page 14 Section 15   15.10 Injured, sick and disabled cattle, 15.11 Pregnant cattle,
                   15.12 Precautions in cold weather
  Page 15 Section 15.  15.13 Precautions in hot an cold weather
                   15.14 Transportation stress
  Page 16 Section 16   16.1 General, 16.2 Facilities
  Page 17 Section 16   16.3 Injured, sick and disabled cattle, 16.4 Holding and Handling
  Page 18 Section 16   16.5 Education
  Page 19 Section 17   17.1 General, 17.2 Unloading
  Page 20 Section 17   17.3 Handling
  Page 21 Section 17   17.4 Ramps, alleys and chutes
  Page 22 Section 17   17.5 Housing, 17.6 Injured, sick and disabled cattle
  Page 23 Section 17   17.7 Stunning and slaughter, 17.8 Education of personnel ...
                   17.9 Meat inspection act
  Page 24 Appendix 1  Wind-chill factors
  Page 25 Appendix 2  Minimal space requirements for housing of beef cattle
  Page 26 Appendix 3  Safe Load levels for different types of vehicles
  Page 27 Appendix 4  Emergency procedures (transportation)
  Page 28 Appendix 5  Transporting livestock by truck
  Page 29 Appendix 6  Handling facilities
  Page 30 Appendix 7  Schematic illustration of flight zones
  Page 31 Appendix 8 Participants
     
  Agriculture Canada Publication 1870/E
available from: Communications Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ont.  K1A 0C7
®Minister of Supply and Services Canada 1991
Cat. No. A63-1870/1991E ISBN 0-662-18946-9    Printed 1991 75M-12:91
Produced by Research Program Service
 


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