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Close-up of a jersey cowBarnyard Animal Rescue Plan
American National Red Cross.
Information on developing a barn safety and evacuation plan. Provides advice on food and water requirements, along with what to do during different types of disasters, such as fire, hurricane, or flood.
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Disaster Planning for Livestock
University of Vermont.
Information on disaster preparedness for livestock. Provides information on the precautions to take and how to prepare a farm disaster kit.
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Preparing the Farm and Farm Animals for Disasters
USDA. NAL. Animal Welfare Information Center.
Provides an overview of planning for a disaster. This article was originally published in AWIC's Information Resources for Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees.
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Manual on the Preparation of National Animal Disease Emergency Preparedness Plans
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
A reference book for national veterinary services on global animal disease emergency preparedness.
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Disaster Conference Gives Animals a "Seat at the Table"
American Veterinary Medical Association.
Discussion of animal safety issues, related problems and the need to include animals in disaster plans.
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Disaster Management in India: the Case of Livestock and Poultry  (PDF|456 KB)
World Organisation for Animal Health.
Good paper on the care and management of animals during a disaster.
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Animal Health Safeguarding Review - Results and Recommendations, 2001  (PDF|1.1 MBR)
National Association of State Departments of Agriculture Research Foundation.
Provides an overview of the infrastructure for safeguarding animal health using techniques such as exclusion, detection, surveillance, diagnosis, safeguarding, and response.
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Implementing the Animal Health Safeguarding Review: Summer 2005 Status Report  (PDF|507 KB)
USDA. APHIS. Veterinary Services.
Reponse to the 2001 Safeguarding Review conducted by the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA). Includes information on progress and the steps necessary for continued success.
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Disaster Planning Information
California Department of Food and Agriculture.
Provides a animal disaster preparedness and response guide for counties in California as well as links to general disaster planning information for all animal species.
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National Center for Animal Health Surveillance
USDA. APHIS. VS. CEAH. National Center for Animal Health Surveillance.
Collects, analyzes, and disseminates data on animal health, management, and productivity across the U.S.
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