Agriculture Production A10, B10, A20, B20, A30, B30
AGPR22C
Module 22C: Basic Handling – Regulations (Core)
Outcome
Explore the regulations
governing handling and
treatment of livestock.
Indicators
| (a) | Describe acceptable and unacceptable aspects of livestock management, such as principles of punishment and reward and physical and psychological abuse. |
| (b) | Explore the laws governing improper treatment of animals. |
| (c) | Research regulations governing enclosure size for specific types of livestock. |
| (d) | Examine moral issues of the use of tools that cause pain (e.g., electric cattle prods, whips and electric fences) in livestock handling. |
| (e) | Discuss the role of the Animal Protection Service of Saskatchewan (APSS). |
| (f) | Explore codes of practice (e.g., Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Beef Cattle by National Farm Animal Care Council [NFACC]) in the handling of specific livestock. |
| (g) | Research the use of Saskatchewan Premises Identification (PID). |
| (h) | Explain the importance of traceability of livestock (e.g., source of transmissible contamination like E. Coli and proving organic status of meat). |
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