Deadstock Disposal

| Dead Animal Disposal Act | Deadstock Disposal in Ontario |
| Disposal Option Resources | Legislation and Guidelines in Other Jurisdictions |

Dead Animal Disposal Act

• Changes to the Dead Animal Disposal Act
• Dead Animal Disposal Act
• Regulations under the Dead Animal Disposal Act

Deadstock Disposal in Ontario

On-Farm

• Deadstock Disposal
• Managing On-farm Mortalities
• On-farm Composting of Livestock and Poultry Mortalities (Full factsheet - Order No. 03-083)
• On-farm Composting of Livestock and Poultry Mortalities (Summary)
• Proper Burial Techniques for Small Farm Animals and Poultry Mortalities Under 25 Kg (Order No. 03-049)

Off-Farm

• Ontario Livestock Mortality Collectors and Renderers
• Rendering Industry Changes, August 2001
• Backgrounder on Deadstock/Sulpha Issues
• Sulpha Compound Residues in Slaughter Animals and Deadstock
• Transporting Your Deadstock

Specified Risk Material (SRM)

• Managing Specified Risk Material Under the Enhanced Feed Ban

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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)
• Mortality Management (Colorado)
• Mortality Management Options (Georgia)
• Methods of Handling Livestock Mortalities in Ontario - A Survey of Producers
• Static Pile Composting if Wild Birds, Game Birds and Backyard Poultry to Prevent the Spread of Avian Influenza (H5N1) (Virginia)

Collecting and Rendering

• Ontario Livestock Mortality Collectors and Renderers
• Dead Animal Disposal - Rendering (Manitoba)
• Rendering and the Hog Industry: The Cost of Dead Animal Disposal (Alberta)
• Industry is Gate Keeper for Livestock Mortalities and Non-Ambulatory Animals

Composting

General

• On-farm Composting of Livestock and Poultry Mortalities (Ontario)
• On-farm Composting of Livestock and Poultry Mortalities Summary (Ontario)
• On-farm Composting of Livestock Mortalities (Washington State)
• On-farm Livestock Mortality Management (Nova Scotia)
• Natural Resources, Agriculture and Engineering Service Composting Publications
• Animal Mortality Composting (Minnesota)
• Composting Dead Livestock (Iowa)
• Animal Composting Offers Disposal Alternatives for Livestock Producers (Missouri)
• Dead Animal Composting (Pennsylvania)
• Disposal of Dead Animals (Vermont)
• Composting Deadstock - A Producer's Guide to Effective Mortality Management (Manitoba)
• Farm-Scale Composting Resource List (US)
  

Cattle

• On-Farm Composting of Cattle Mortalities (Ontario)
• Draft Guidelines for Emergency Composting of Cattle Mortalities (Iowa)
  

Poultry

• Poultry Mortality Composting (Alberta)
• Poultry Mortality Composting Guide (Georgia)
• Composting Poultry Carcasses (Mississippi)
• 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

• Cost Analysis of Swine Mortality Composting (Purdue University, Indiana)
• 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)
• Estimated Costs of Alternative Dead Hog Disposal Methods (Purdue University, Indiana)

Burial

• Managing On-Farm Mortalities (Ontario)
• Proper Burial Techniques for Small Farm Animals and Poultry Mortalities Under 25 Kg (Ontario)
• Water Quality Impacts of Burying Livestock Mortalities
• Catastrophic Animal Mortality Management (Texas)
• Dead Animal Disposal - Burial (Manitoba)

Emergency Mortality Disposal

• Catastrophic Mortality Disposal
• Catastrophic Mortality Composting: Is it Safe and Effective? (Kansas)
• Emergency Livestock Mortality Composting (Iowa)
• Management of Animal Mortality in Georgia

Incineration

• Incineration - Not a Legal Deadstock Disposal Option

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Legislation and Guidelines in Other Jurisdictions

Canada

• Disposal of Dead Animals and Other Farm Wastes (Newfoundland)
• Composting Facility Standards (Washington State)
• Guidelines for Disposal of Dead Farm Livestock (Prince Edward Island)
• La recuperation des animaux morts (Quebec)
• The Bare Bones of Carcass Composting (Lists legal disposal options in Manitoba)
• Livestock Diseases Act - 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)

 

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