Transportation, Animal Welfare and Handling

In this section of the website Ontario producers will find information on transportation, animal welfare and handling of livestock.

General - Cattle - Horses - Goat - Sheep - Swine

General

• Decision Making Framework for Livestock Border Closures
• Animal Transportation Association ATAA
• Livestock Transport Emergency Guide
• Quality Livestock Transport
• Recommended Basic Livestock Handling Safety Tips for Workers
• USDA AMS Transportation & Marketing Livestock Transportation Program
• USDA: Information Resources for Livestock and Poultry Handling and Transport
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency
• Recommended Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Livestock - Transportation (Provides link to Codes of Practice of all livestock)

Cattle

• Change Your Handling and Herding Hang-Ups
• Cold Stress on Trucked Cattle (Order No. 01-079)
• Livestock Safety Cushion
• Building Loading Ramps - Load 'em Up - But "TAKE THE STAIRS"
• Use Of Electric Prods On Cattle (Order No. 01-049)
• Reducing Cattle Shrink (Order No. 05-063)
• Cattle Identification (Order No. 10-011)

Horses

• Horse Trailering
• Trailering Problems in Horses (University of Saskatchewan)

Goat

• Lowering Stress in Transported Goats (Order No. 05-029)
• On-Farm Euthanasia of Sheep and Goats
• Euthanasia Action Plan for Sheep and Goats
• Behavioural Principles of Livestock Handling

Sheep

• Planning Your Sheep Handling Facility (Order No. 02-057)
• Use Sheep Behaviour to Your Advantage (Order No. 02-059)
• Lamb Carcass Bruising Caused by Grabbing Fleece (Order No. 02-031)
• Avoiding Heat and Cold Stress in Transported Sheep (Order No. 02-013)
• Euthanasia Action Plan for Sheep and Goats
• On-Farm Euthanasia of Sheep and Goats

Swine

• Behavioural Consideration in Animal Transport Design
• Cold Weather Transport
• Guidelines for Transporting Pigs (PDF)
• Shipping Sows, Boars and Off-sorts
• Transportation - The Effects of Regular Moving and Handling