Codes Of Practice
Current
- Beef Cattle
- Bison
- Chickens, Turkeys and Breeders
- Equine
- Farmed Deer
- Farmed Fox
- Farmed Mink
- Pigs
- Pullets and Laying Hens
- Rabbits
- Sheep
- Veal Cattle
Under Revision
Code Development Process
Goats
CURRENT CODE
Codes of Practice for the care and handling of Goats (2003)
CODE UNDER REVISION
CODE DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE
Start: December 2018
Public comment period: Friday December 18, 2020 to Monday February 22, 2021
Projected completion: Winter 2021
Code development timeline
Resources:
- Scientific Committee report - Review of scientific research on priority issues - August 2020
- Goat Survey Results
- Progress Update
- News Release - Canada’s Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Goats to be updated - APR 2019
Committees
Code Development Committee members
Participants are defined as per NFACC’s Guiding Principles for Codes of Practice.
Role | Committee Member | Organization |
Code Manager | Dr. Jeffrey Spooner |
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Producer | Catherine Michaud, QC | Canadian Meat Goat Association / Canadian National Goat Federation |
Producer | Theresa Bergeron, M.Sc., ON | Canadian National Goat Federation |
Producer | Jean-Philippe Jolin, QC | Canadian National Goat Federation |
Producer | Peter Kerkvliet [Chair], ON | Canadian National Goat Federation |
Producer | Rob Schill, SK | Canadian National Goat Federation |
Transporter | Several producer representatives with knowledge and expertise will serve in this capacity | |
Veterinarian | Jocelyn Jansen, ON | Canadian Veterinary Medical Association |
National animal welfare association | Melissa Speirs, BC | Humane Canada |
Provincial animal protection enforcement authority | Karmel Smith, ON | Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs |
Provincial government representative with responsibilities in animal welfare | No rep at this time | |
Retail and food service organization | No rep at this time | |
Processor | Chathurika Dayananda, ON (dairy) | Dairy Processors Association of Canada |
Federal government | Virginie Rochet, QC | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Canadian Food Inspection Agency |
Researcher/academic | Dr. Paula Menzies, ON | University of Guelph |
Technical Expert | Amy Vingerhoeds, ON | Canadian National Goat Federation |
Scientific Committee members
Name | Named by |
Cathy Bauman | University of Guelph, ON |
Dr. Paula Menzies (Chair) | University of Guelph, ON |
Dr. Fabienne Uehlinger | University of Saskatchewan, SK |
Dr. Gosia Zobel, Gosia | AgResearch Ltd., Waikato, NZ |
Dr. Melissa Moggy | Research Writer |
Priority welfare issues for the Scientific Committee report
The Code Development Committee and Scientific Committee collectively identified the following list of priority welfare issues. The Scientific Committee is developing a report synthesizing the results of research relating to these animal welfare issues.
- End-of-life management
- Lameness
- Hoof trimming
- Nutritional causes of lameness
- Optimizing kid health
- Optimizing passive transfer of immunity
- Painful procedures
- Prevention
- Protocols/strategies
- Pre- and post-op procedures
- Disbudding, dehorning, horn tipping, and castration
- Space allowance
- Feeder and waterer space allowance
- Housing density and indicators of adverse effects
- Natural behaviours
- Positive states
- Enrichment