num_pages: 40
description: This Code of Practice is intended as a standard for those involved in slaughtering livestock. It covers aspects of unloading, pre-slaughter handling and the slaughter process and aims to encourage the efficient, considerate treatment of animals so that stress is minimized. It includes a section about emergency slaughter of sick, crippled and "downer" animals. Techniques for the humane destruction of animals are also described in the Code.
language: English
title: Model Code of Practice for the Welfare of Animals: Livestock at Slaughtering Establishments
titlecomplete: Model Code of Practice for the Welfare of Animals: Livestock at Slaughtering Establishments (Primary Industries Report Series)
publisher: CSIRO Publishing