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Cattle Practices

Fact sheets for Alberta livestock producers on several industry issues.

Many of the fact sheet require the Adobe PDF Reader (Portable Document Format). If you don’t have it, click on the icon to download it free from Adobe.

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• Rule 2: Breeding Stock Export Requirements

• Custom Cutout Analysis worksheet (Excel Document) and instructions (PDF)

• Canada’s Beef Industry Fast Facts (PDF)

• vCJD factsheet (PDF)

• Facts about BSE (PDF)

• BSE Update with North American Information (PDF)

• Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) (PDF)

• Canada’s Beef Industry (PDF)

• Canadian Meat Inspection: An Overview (PDF)

• Cryptosporidium (PDF)

• Ecoli Factsheet 2005 (PDF)

• FMD (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) Update (pdf)

• Food Irradiation (PDF)

• Anthrax (PDF)

• BSE Testing Update (PDF)

• Frequently Asked Questions about Anaplasmosis (PDF)

• Frequently Asked Questions about Bluetongue (PDF)

• Genetic Modification and the Beef Industry (PDF)

• Hormonal Growth Promotants and Beef (PDF)

• Organic Beef (PDF)

Code of Practice For Care and Handling of Beef Cattle

The ABP supports responsible animal care and handling. The booklet “Recommended code of practice for the care and handling of farm animals: Beef cattle edition” outlines the key elements of all aspects of animal care and handling throughout the beef industry chain of production. Copies of the booklet are available free of charge by contacting the ABP office (abpfeedback@albertabeef.org) or download the PDF document.

Cattle Wintering Sites - Managing for Good Stewardship

Developed in cooperation with Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development and PFRA. View the pdf document at Alberta Agriculture Food and Rural Development. Copies are available free of charge for Alberta cattle producers from the ABP office.