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
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 Sarah Johannson, SK	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

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