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| Animal Care and Food Safety
USDA. Economic Research Service.
ERS tracks animal health and welfare issues as they relate to food safety and the production and availability of animals for processing into meat. |
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| Animal Welfare Issues Compendium, 1997
USDA. Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service.
These papers present the animal welfare issue within topics such as animal exhibits and fairs, fish in commercial aquaculture, animal production, fur farming, and hunting. |
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 | Feed Grains Database
USDA. Economic Research Service.
This database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn, grain sorghum,
barley, and oats), foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye, millet, and mixed
grains), hay, and related items. This includes data published in the monthly
Feed Outlook and previously annual Feed Yearbook. Data are monthly, quarterly,
and/or annual depending upon the data series. |
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| Food Supply Veterinary Medicine
American Veterinary Medicine Association.
A clearinghouse of information on food supply veterinary medicine, including videos, links to state information, statistics, adn media coverage. |
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| Compendium of Animal Health & Welfare in Organic Farming
Duchy College, Cornwall with VEERU at The University of Reading and The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow.
This compendium is funded by DEFRA and provides information on veterinary medicine, animal health and welfare, and disease management in organic livestock production. |
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| 2007 US Animal Health Report (PDF|17.2 MB)
USDA. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
The report addresses the US animal health infrastructure, animal population demographics, approaches to foreign animal disease surveillance, animal health diagnostics and veterinary biologics, and new initiatives, including emergency management efforts. The 2005 US Animal Health Report is still available online. |
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| Livestock Guard Dogs, Llamas and Donkeys
Colorado State University. Cooperative Extension.
Describes the use of dogs, llamas and donkeys to protect sheep from predation. Includes information on training, costs, effectiveness, advantages and disadvantages. |
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