FACS collaborates with industry experts, academic leaders and other professionals to ensure the information we disseminate is accurate and time sensitive.  These brochures and other materials promote responsible Animal Welfare and contain valuable and practical information for producers, consumers, students, researchers and others with an interest in responsible care and handling of livestock and poultry.

Various Animal Disease Info

Animal Diseases

Anthrax
FACS collaborates with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to provide the most up-to-date information about Anthrax.

Bovine Spongiform Encephalogpathy (BSE)
BSE Fact Sheet

Rabies
http://www.health.gov.sk.ca/rabies-immunization

RCMP Livestock Resource Package

Facts for First Responders

Emergencies

Barn Fires Involving Livestock
Preventing Accidents When Transporting Livestock
Livestock on the Loose at an Accident Scene
Motor Accidents Involving Livestock
What to do in a Motor Vehicle Accident Involving Livestock
Saskatchewan Industry Livestock Contacts
Dealing with the Situation Before it Becomes a Crisis
Guidelines for Dealing with Compromised Cattle, Sheep & Goats

The Bovine Industry (Beef, Dairy and Veal) . . .

Humane Handling booklet

"Cattle FACS" Series:

• Animal Health Concerns When Pasture and Feed are Limited (Drought) -text or pdf
• Body Condition Scoring - pdf
• Calf Scours Overview: General Principals - text or pdf
• Calving: When and How to Help - text or pdf
• Cancer Eye - text or pdf
• Carcass Quality Shortfalls - text or pdf
• Cattle Handling, In the Zone - text or pdf
• Colostrum: It's Important - text or pdf
• Creep Feeding Calves - pdf
• Early Weaning of Calves - pdf
• Euthanasia in Cattle - text or pdf
• Feed Testing and Ration Balancing - pdf
• Feeding in a Cold Snap - pdf
• Managing Water Supplies in a Drought - pdf
• Nitrate Poisoning - pdf
• Non-Ambulatory Cattle ("Downers") - text or pdf
• Not Enough Feed for the Winter? - pdf
• Problem Feeds - pdf
• Should This Animal Be Loaded - pdf

Codes of Practice:

• Overview of the Code of Practice for Beef Cattle
• Overview of the Code of Practice for Dairy Cattle
• Overview of the Code of Practice for Veal Calves

Other:

• "Canada's Cull Cow Dilemma," by Michael Wheeler. Michael is one of seven recipients of the 2004 FACS/SAFRR $1,000 Animal Care Award.

The Pork Industry . . .

How Pigs Are Raised

• Pork FACS: Euthanasia in Pigs
• Overview of the Code of Practice for Pigs
• Should This Pig Be Loaded - pdf

The Poultry Industry . . .

• Overview of the Code of Practice for Poultry

The Deer Industry . . .

• Overview of the Code of Practice for Farmed Deer

The Horse Industry . . .

Western College of Veterinary Medicine at U of S recommends precautions to prevent spread of equine herpes virus type 1 (EHV-1). Click here for more information on EHV-1

• Overview of the Code of Practice for Horses
• Guidelines and Regulations for the Transportation of Horses (Courtesy of the Saskatchewan Horse Federation)
• Animal Welfare or Animal Rights: Do You Know the Difference? (Courtesy of the Saskatchewan Horse Federation)
• Equine FACS

The Sheep Industry . . .

• Overview of the Code of Practice for Sheep
• Market Lamb Docking, The Better Way (pdf)

4H Booklet