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Welfare of sheep and goats
A strong committment to animal welfare is essential to the productivity of a sheep and goat enterprise. It is also imporant from an ethical standpoint. On this page, welfare links are arranged alphabetically according to subject category: behavior, codes of practice, environmental enrichment, euthanasia, general links, handling, pain, safety, slaughter, transportation, and welfare.Behavior
[PDF] Applied sheep behavior - University of Tennessee 
Behavior - Extension Goat Handbook
Behavior - GoatWisdom
Behavior: Sheep 201 
[PDF] Factors affecting livestock behavior and performance - BC, Canada
Goat behavior, characteristics, and FYI - Fias Co Farm
An introduction to sheep behavior - Illini SheepNet
Livestock behavior @ Colorado State University
Sheep behavior: Sheep 101
Understanding sheep - Ceres Farm
Use sheep behavior to your advantage - Ontario, Canada
Codes of practice
[PDF] Animal Welfare Approved Standards for sheep
[PDF] Animal welfare guidelines for sheep farmers - FAWAC
Code of recommendations and minimum standards (New Zealand)
[PDF] Codes of recommendation for the welfare of sheep (Scotland)
[PDF] Goat Care Practices - UC Davis
Model code of practice for the welfare of animals: goats (Australia) | PDF
Model code of practice for the welfare of animals: sheep (Australia) | PDF
[PDF] Northern Ireland code of recomendations for the welfare of sheep
[PDF] Sheep Care Guide - American Sheep Industry Association
[PDF] Sheep codes of recommendations for the welfare... (UK)
Environmental enrichment
Comforable quarters for sheep and goats
Enrichment for farm animals - USDA NAL
Environmental enrichment for animals used for scientific purposes
[PDF] The role of environmental enrichment - Phoenix Zoo
Euthanasia
Animal euthanasia information - Amber Waves
[PDF] AVMA Guidelines on euthanasia
[PDF] The emergency euthanasia of sheep and goats - UC Davis | HTML
Euthanasia (slaughter) - Woolshed 1 blog
Euthanasia action plan for sheep and goats - Ontario, Canada
[PDF] Guidelines for humane euthanasia of animals by firearms
Humane destruction of stock - NSW, Australia | PDF
[PDF] Humane euthanasia of animals - University of Georgia
[PDF] Humane euthanasia of farm animals - Alberta, Canada
[PDF] Humane euthanasia of sick, injured, and/or debilitated livestock
On-farm euthanasia of sheep and goats - Ontario, Canada
[Interactive video] On-farm livestock euthanasia - UC Davis
General links
Alberta Farm Animal Care (AFAC)
Animal Welfare @ DAFF Australia
Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC) | farm animals
Dr. Temple Grandin's web page
European Animal Welfare Platform | farm animal welfare
Farm Animal Assessment Associates (FAAA)
Farm Animal Welfare Advisory Council (FAWAC) - Ireland
Farm animal welfare and behavior - Ontario, Canada
Gateway to Farm Animal Welfare - FAO United Nations
Institutional Animal Use & Care Committee (IACUC)
LivestockWelfare.com
States' Farm Animal Welfare Statutes - National AgLaw Center
Handling
Animal handling tips - Penn State University
Efficient handling of meat goats
Handling goats - LifeStyle Block NZ
[PDF] Handling large farm animals - University of New Hampshire
Handling sheep - Follow Your Dream Farm
Handling sheep and lambs: Sheep 201
[PDF] Low stress livestock handling - University of Idaho
Low stress livestock handling @ Managing Wholes
[PDF] Low stress livestock handling on pasture and range
[PDF] Recommended animal handling guidelines - AMI
Sheep handling - Queensland, Australia
Sheep handling - SAC UK
Sheep handling tips -Lifestyle Block NZ
Pain
Animal welfare science summit: pain and pain management
[PDF] Assessment of acute pain in farm animals... - J. Anim. Sci.
Distress in farm animals: is it fear, pain, or physical distress?
Guidelines for the recognition and assessment of animal pain
Measuring pain in farm animals - AHWLA UK
Pain and distress in farm animals - AWIC
[PDF] Pain control in food animals - North Dakota State University
Pain in farm animals - Sust. Animal Production
Treating pain and distress in farm animals - AVMA
[PDF] Understanding pain and its relevance to animals - AFAC
Safety
Animal handling safety considerations - University of Missouri
Barnyard animals - Ohio State University
[PDF] Handling farm animals safety - Farm Safety Association
Handling livestock safely - Alberta, Canada
[PDF] An information guide on sheep handling - Queensland, Australia
Livestock safety @ Auburn University
[PDF] Sheep safety - Nova Scotia
[PDF] Working safely with livestock - Ohio State University
Slaughter
The Halal slaughter controversy - Mustaqim Islamic Art/Arch. | print
[PDF, poster] Humane (Halal) on-farm slaughter of sheep and goats
Humane methods of livestock slaughter: U.S. Code
Maintaing acceptable animal welfare during Kosher or Halal slaughter
Manual for slaughter of small ruminants in developing countries - FAO
Recommended ritual slaughter practices - Grandin.com
Religious slaughter and animal welfare: a discussion for meat scientists
Research articles on humane slaughter - Grandin.com
A scientific comment on the welfare of sheep slaughtered w/o stunning
Transportaton
Information resources for livestock and poultry handling and transport
Livestock movement including transport and export - NSW, Australia
Livestock transport @ AFAC
[PDF] Moving sheep and goats from pastoral to agric. areas - Western, Australia
[WORD] Lowering stress of transported goats - Ontario, Canada
Tips for transporting cattle and sheep - NSW, Australia | PDF
Transport of livestock - FAO United Nations
Welfare
Angora goat welfare - LifeStyle Block NZ
Animal welfare - Sheepmeat Council of Australia
Animal welfare and behavior: goats part 1 - Woolshed 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Animal welfare and behavior: sheep part 1 - Woolshed 1 | 2 | 3
[PDF] Factors of welfare reduction in dairy sheep and goats - FAO
[PDF] Goat welfare - Manitoba Goat Association
The welfare of docking and castrating lambs
[PDF] Welfare of sheep in the UK - UK Sheep Vet Society
[PDF] Welfare of sheep: review of recent literature - Prairie Swine Centre
