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SEE ALSO: Animal Welfare, Alternatives and Ethics

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University of Sydney Library Catalogue
The recommended subject heading on the University of Sydney Library Catalogue is:

• euthanasia of animals

2000 Report on the AVMA Panel on Euthanasia (.pdf format)
This report was published in March 2001 by the American Veterinary Medical Association. It includes information on euthanasia of animals in research and animal care and information on ectothermic, aquatic and fur-bearing animals. Information is also available on horses and wildlife. The report is written for members of the veterinary profession who carry out, or supervise, the euthanasia of animals.

Euthanasia
These guidelines have been developed by the University of Iowa Animal Care Unit. They cover approved euthanasia methods for rabbits, rats, mice, hamsters, guinea pigs, other rodents, cats and dogs. The guidelines follow those established by the American Veterinary Medical Association Panel on Euthanasia.

Euthanasia Guidelines
Developed by Research for Animal Resources at the University of Minnesota, these guidelines outline a criteria for the decision to euthanise and acceptable methods for euthanasia, by species.

Animal specific resources

Procedures for humane euthanasia of sick, injured and/or debilitated livestock
Resource created by JK Shearer DVM MD and Paul Nicoletti DVM MS of the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida. The guide is aimed at those required to euthanise livestock in situations where veterinary assistance is not available.

Humane slaughter of Emus
This information sheet provides guidance on acceptable and unacceptable methods of culling as endorsed by the SA Emu Industry Consultative Committee on 24 August 1998.

Euthanasia of Cattle: practical solutions
Produced by the American Association of Bovine Practioners, this booklet is intended to cover considerations for the producer, livestock manager, and veterinarian in relation to the euthanasia of cattle.

The Emergency Euthanasia of Horses: Consideration for Owners, Equine Facility Managers, Auction Market Operators, Horse Transporters, and Law Enforcement Officers
This report, published in 1999 is part of the University of California Davis' Veterinary Medical Extension programme. Authored by Pam Hullinger, DVM, California Department of Food and Agriculture, and Carolyn Stull, PhD, Veterinary Medicine Extension, UC Davis, this booklet offers a summary of the "current, best practices for providing a humane death for horses in the absence of a veterinarian&.

Emergency Euthanasia of Sheep and Goats
This report is part of the University of California Davis' Veterinary Medical Extension programme. This full text online report offers a summary of the best practices for providing a humane death for sheep and goats in the absence of a veterinarian.

Research databases and indexes

Recommended research databases and indexes for this area of study are: CAB Abstracts, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, AGRICOLA, BIOSIS Previews and Web of Science. For information on the ethical aspects of euthanasia, please consider interdisciplinary databases such as APAIS, PAIS and Expanded Academic Index.