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Several groups in Canada have worked together to develop livestock transportation resources.
General
Cattle
- Alberta Regulation Livestock Identification & Commerce Act
For more information on LICA visit Livestock Identification Services / Fact Sheet
- Should this animal be loaded? Guidelines for Transporting Cattle, Sheep & Goats
- Recommended codes of practice for the care & handling of farm animals
- Humane Handling Guidelines
- Marketing cull cows, factors to consider when deciding whether or not to ship cull cows, Alberta Beef (Sept 08)
- Master Cattle Transporter Guide, National Beef Quality Assurance Guide for Cattle Transportation
NOTE: Trailer Stocking Density diagrams are NOT consistent with Canadian regulations. Canadian versions will be posted soon.
"The Master Cattle Transporter Guide is not clear to the user that the established Canadian loading densities apply", states Gord Doonan, Senior Staff Veterinarian, CFIA. "The Recommended code of practice for the care and handling of farm animals - Transport contains loading densities that were developed by the Canadian industry for Canadian conditions."
- New Requirements for Transporting Cattle for handling, transporting & disposal of cattle carcasses, CFIA (Jul 07)
- Enhanced Animal Health Protection from BSE, CFIA
- Cold Stress on Trucked Cattle, Ontario Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs
Warning signs of cold stress and the precautions producers can take to avoid cold-induced cattle death.
- Understanding Flight Zone & Point of Balance, Dr. Temple Grandin
Temple Grandin's handling techniques are based on animal behaviour and designed to minimize stress to the animal. Learn how to approach the "flight zone" and "point of balance" of cattle for easier herding.
- Moving Cattle out of Pens & Sorting, Dr. T. Grandin
Effective handling techniques for sorting cattle and moving them out of pens.
- Using Prods & Persuaders Properly, Dr. T. Grandin
- Electric Prods & Cattle, Ontario Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
The use of prods and the danger of overusing them. This factsheet includes a list of effective alternatives to prods.
- Caring for Compromised Cattle, OFAC
- Get off the right foot - Pick the right ramp! OFAC
Hog
- Recommended codes of practice for the care & handling of farm animals
- Humane Handling Guidelines
- Monitoring Pig Stress Through Observing Behaviour,
Climbing ramps, temperature changes don’t agree with pigs (Nov 09)
- Heat Stress Major Concern During Pig Transport, Mortality Rates Doubles When Temperature Exceeds 22.5°C (Nov 09)
- ‘Pig-Friendly’ Loading Chute Minimizes
Loading Stressors;
Pigs marketed on a prototype loading gantry were exposed to fewer stressors, including
electric prods and incidence of slips, falls, vocalizations and piling. (Dec 07)
- Cold Weather Transport, OMAFRA
- Pig Trucking & Handling – Stress and
Fatigued Pig, M. Benjamin, DVM
- Pigs in Transit, Handling & Transportation Guide, Manitoba Pork Council
- Lowering In-Transit Losses, by Cate Dewey, Charles Haley, Tina Widowski and
Robert Friendship - 2005
- How Pigs are Raised, Manitoba Pork Council
- Should This Pig Be Loaded? OFAC
- Taking Care on the Road Trucker Quality Assurance, OMAFRA
- Transportation - The Effects of Regular Moving and Handling, OMAFRA
- Electric Prod Use Can Be Costly; Research at Canada's Prairie Swine Centrex confirms that use of an electric prod to
move market hogs elevates stress levels in the animals vs. other means of handling. (Dec 07)
Horses
Sheep
Other Species
Livestock Accident Prevention
- Preventing
Accidents when
Transporting
Livestock (brochure)
- What to do in a
Motor Vehicle Accident Involving Livestock (brochure)
Workshop Resources
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