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Animals and Livestock Quick Find Topics
Select a topic to find recent books, journal articles, and audiovisuals in the NAL Catalog (AGRICOLA).

Animal Diseases books | articles
Animal Production books | articles
Animal Transportation books | articles
Beef Cattle books | articles
Beef Products books | articles
Swine books | articles
Pork books | articles
Dairy Farm Manure Management | articles
Transgenic Livestock, Fish & Insects      books | articles
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Farm Animal Welfare and Food Safety Fact Sheets
USDA. ARS. Livestock Behavior Research Unit.
LBRU scientists have produced the first of a series of fact sheets covering important farm animal welfare and food safety topics.
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RSS icon Animal Welfare Specific Topic Feeds
USDA. NAL. Animal Welfare Information Center.
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Animal Science Image Gallery
American Society of Animal Science and the National Agricultural Library.
This site is designed to provide agriculture and life science faculty throughout the world with disease related images, animations, and video that can be used in the classroom.
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ChicksAnimal Welfare Audits and Certification Programs
USDA. NAL. Animal Welfare Information Center.
On this page are links to animal husbandry guidelines, animal welfare audit overviews, humane certification programs, food industry animal welfare policies, and related international policies.
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Cow in pasture.Disaster Planning for Farm Animals
USDA. NAL. Animal Welfare Information Center.
A resource that lists preparedness and disaster plans for livestock. Also included are training modules on disaster preparedness.
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National Animal Germplasm Program (NAGP)
USDA. Agricultural Research Service.
This collection preserves the genetic diversity of agriculturally important animals. It includes genetic material from chickens, cattle, swine, sheep, goats, bison, elk, and fish.
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Organic Livestock Production: A Bibliography
USDA. NAL. Alternative Farming Systems Information Center.
A bibliography that addresses overall animal husbandry and health in organic livestock production and contains citations from 1974 - September 2004.
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RoosterHumane Slaughter Fact Sheet
USDA. Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Explains USDA's role in ensuring the humane slaughter of food animals in commercial plants.
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Animal Waste Management
USDA. Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Links to information about software products, composting, and training opportunities in agricultural waste management.
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Researcher observing sheepAnimal and Natural Resources Institute
USDA. ARS. Animal and Natural Resources Institute.
Conducts research and develops technology transfer programs that ensure high quality and safe food while protecting the environment.
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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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