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Animal Welfare

Welfare of livestock

Dairy cattle

General

  • Welfare scoring nutritionally deprived beef cattle, dairy cattle and sheep
  • Livestock flood refuge mounds
  • Live export and NSW
  • Humane destruction of stock
  • Animal welfare in drought
  • Introduction to Standard Operating Procedures
  • Standard operating procedures for the use of livestock in research and teaching
  • Model Codes of Practice for the welfare of livestock - general
  • Model Code of Practice: Animals at saleyards (www.publish.csiro.au)
  • Model Code of Practice: Livestock at slaughtering establishments (www.publish.csiro.au)
  • Welfare of livestock injured in transport accidents
  • Water requirements for sheep and cattle
  • Tips for transporting cattle and sheep

Cattle

  • Welfare decisions for beef cows
  • Animal welfare and health issues, dairying and drought
  • Standard Operating Procedures for the use of cattle in research and teaching
  • Model Code of Practice: Cattle (www.publish.csiro.au)
  • Model Code of Practice: Farmed buffalo (www.publish.csiro.au)
  • Model Code of Practice: Land transport of cattle (www.publish.csiro.au)
  • National guidelines for beef cattle feedlots in Australia (www.publish.csiro.au)
  • Cattle - drought management
  • Visual and manual assessment of fatness in cattle
  • Responsible sustainable beef production: issues facing today's beef producer

Sheep and goats

  • Welfare decisions for sheep
  • Standard Operating Procedures for the use of sheep in research and teaching
  • Model Code of Practice: Sheep (www.publish.csiro.au)
  • Model Code of Practice: Goats (www.publish.csiro.au)

Pigs

  • Standard Operating Procedures for the use of pigs in research and teaching
  • Model Code of Practice: Pigs (www.publish.csiro.au)
  • Model Code of Practice: Land transport of pigs (www.publish.csiro.au)
  • Pig housing and environmental issues

Poultry and birds

  • Layer hen cages - frequently asked questions
  • Poultry keeping environment
  • Model Code of Practice: Domestic poultry (www.publish.csiro.au)
  • Model Code of Practice: Land transport of poultry (www.publish.csiro.au)
  • Model Code of Practice: Husbandry of captive-bred emus (www.publish.csiro.au)
  • Model Code of Practice: Farming of ostriches (www.publish.csiro.au)

Other livestock

  • Rabbits - Model Code of Practice: Intensive husbandry of rabbits (www.publish.csiro.au)
  • Deer - Model Code of Practice: Farming of deer (www.publish.csiro.au)
  • Camels - Model Code of Practice: Camels (www.publish.csiro.au)
  • Fish - humane harvesting

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  • Flood home page
  • General animal welfare
  • Animals in research & teaching
  • Zoo, circus, exhibited & other animals
  • Codes of practice
  • Legislation
  • Complaints
  • Forms
  • Contacts
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