Deadstock Disposal Resources from Other Jurisdictions

Disposal Option Resources

General

• Animal Mortality Facility (Iowa)
• Composting Animal Mortalities on the Farm (Maryland)
• Dead Animal Disposal (South Carolina)
• Managing Animal Deaths: Your Options (North Carolina)
• Disposal of Dead Goats (Maryland)
• Disposal Methods of Livestock Mortality (Nebraska)
• Mortality Management (US)
• Livestock Mortality Management (Colorado)
• Mortality Management Options (Georgia)
• Static Pile Composting if Wild Birds, Game Birds and Backyard Poultry to Prevent the Spread of Avian Influenza (H5N1) (Virginia)
• Mortality Disposal (Manitoba)
• Managing Livestock Mortalities (Saskatchewan)

Collecting and Rendering

• Rendering Cost Estimator for Hog Production (Alberta)
• Essential Rendering (online book produced by rendering industry)

Composting

Basics of Composting

• The Composting Process - Fundamental Principles (pdf) — The Composting Council of Canada: Action on Waste
• The Science and Engineering of Composting (Cornell, New York)

General

• On-farm Composting of Livestock Mortalities (Washington State)
• On-farm Livestock Mortality Management (Nova Scotia)
• On-farm Composting Handbook (Cornell, New York)
• Composting Animal Mortalities (Minnesota)
• Composting Dead Livestock (Iowa)
• Composting Animal Mortalities: A Producer's Guide (Saskatchewan)
• Animal Composting Offers Disposal Alternatives for Livestock Producers (Missouri)
• Dead Animal Composting (Pennsylvania)
• Disposal of Dead Animals (Vermont)
• Farm-Scale Composting Resource List (US)
• Farm Mortality Composting (Washington State)
• Composting Animal Mortalities on the Farm (Maryland)
  

Cattle

• Low Maintenance On-farm Cattle Composting (Manitoba)
• Draft Guidelines for Emergency Composting of Cattle Mortalities (Iowa)
  

Poultry

• Poultry Mortality Composting (Alberta)
• Poultry Mortality Composting Guide (Georgia)
• Composting Poultry Mortality (North Carolina)
• In-House Composting of Turkey Mortalities as a Rapid Response to Catastrophic Losses (Virginia)
• Guidelines for In-House Composting of Poultry Mortalities as a Rapid Response to Avian Influenza (Virginia)
  

Sheep

• Composting Dead Sheep (Maryland)
  
• Composting Dead Sheep and Lambs (Alberta Sheep)
• Disposal of Dead Goats (Maryland)
  

Swine

• Swine Mortality Composting (Alberta)
• Composting Swine Mortalities in Iowa (Iowa)
• Composting for Mortality Disposal on Hog Farms (Virginia)
• Composting as a Suitable Technique for Managing Swine Mortalities (North Carolina)
• Composting Dead Swine (Missouri)
• Composting Swine Mortality Principles and Operation (Ohio)

Burial

• Water Quality Impacts of Burying Livestock Mortalities
• Burial (Manitoba)

Emergency Mortality Disposal

• Catastrophic Mortality Disposal
• Emergency Livestock Mortality Composting (Iowa)
• Management of Animal Mortality in Georgia
• Poultry Mortality Disposal Methods Following Catastrophic Loss (George)

Incineration

• Mortality Management - Incineration (US)

Legislation and Guidelines in Other Jurisdictions

Canada

• Disposal of Dead Animals and Other Farm Wastes (Newfoundland)
• Guidelines for Disposal of Dead Farm Livestock (Prince Edward Island)
• La recuperation des animaux morts (Quebec)
• Livestock Manure and Mortalities Management Regulation (Manitoba)
• Incinerators Regulation (Manitoba)
• Overview of the Destruction and Disposal of Dead Animals Regulation (Alberta)
• Mortality Disposal (British Columbia)

United States

• Best Management Practices - Carcass Disposal (Minnesota)
• Dead Animal Disposal Laws in Missouri (Missouri)
• Illinois Dead Animal Disposal Act (Regulations) (Illinois)
• Livestock Composting Regulations (Nebraska)