Animals

Download a booklet focusing on the latest information and discoveries re farm animals, zoonotic diseases, and bio-security issues. 

Livestock production is a major contributor of ammonia emissions. Ammonia (NH3) is produced inside livestock buildings, in open feedlots, in manure storage facilities, during manure handling and treatment and when manure is applied to soils.

Ammonia in livestock facilities results primarily from the breakdown of urea (present in urine) by the enzyme urease (excreted in feces). In poultry, urease is excreted with uric acid.

Download this essential information about Bovine Spongiform Encephalitis - the facts, prevention, handling & how to report a suspect case.

Farm Safety Association produces a number of factsheets in English, French and Spanish.

The factsheets are available to download for free in Adobe Acrobat format (pdf).

Download short farm safety talks for employees on topics such as Agricultural Fire Safety, Cleaning Up Chemical Spills, WHMIS - Workplace Hazardous Material Information System, General Housekeeping in the Workplace, Safe Handling of Farm Animals, and Respiratory Hazards in the Agriculture. French and Spanish versions are also available for download.

Download this factsheet to understand animal behavior in order to handle livestock in a safer manner.

From Nanoparticles to Natural Gas: Keeping Hog Barns Efficient and Healthy Places to Work - a PowerPoint presentation by B. Predicala, A. Alvarado, Dominguez, Y. Jin from the Prairie Swine Centre Inc. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. 2011

 

Download a factsheet outlining cattle handler fatality & injury data, cattle instincts & behaviour, moving cattle safely & effectively and livestock facility design tips.

Download “Farm Standards of Practice” and “Protect Yourself from Livestock Injuries.” The materials are used by farmers to perform onsite farm audits.