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World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)

OIE Comments--(Terrestrial Animal Health) Animal Welfare and Dairy Cattle Production Systems-July 2014 (PDF)
OIE Comments--(Terrestrial Animal Health) Animal Welfare and Broiler Chicken Production Systems-May 2014 (PDF)
OIE Comments--(Teresterial Animal Health) Slaughter of Animals, Killing of Animals for Disease Control Purposes, Animal Welfare and Broiler Chicken Production Systems, Veterinary Services, and Evaluation of Veterinary Services--December 2013
OIE Comments-(Terrestrial Animal Health) Slaughter of Animals, Killing of Animals for Disease Control Purposes, and Animal Welfare and Dairy Cattle Production Systems-May 2012
OIE Comments—(Terrestrial Animal Health) Use of Animals in Research and Education, Introduction to the Recommendation for Animal Welfare, Animal Welfare and Beef Cattle Production Systems, Slaughter of Animals, and Model Veterinary Certificate for International Trade in Laboratory Animals—January 2012 (PDF)
OIE Comments—(Aquatic Animal Health) Glossary, Criteria for Listing Aquatic Animal Diseases, Assessment of listing of Infection with Ostreid Herpesvirus-1, Diseases Listed by the OIE, Import Risk Analysis, Welfare of Farmed Fish During Transport, Welfare Aspects of Stunning and Killing of Farmed Fish for Human Consumption, Killing of Farmed Fish for Disease Control Purposes, Disinfection of Salmonid Eggs, Infectious Salmon Anemia, Communication, Monitoring of the Quantities and Usage Patterns of Antimicrobials Used in Aquatic Animals, and Development and Harmonization of National Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance and Monitoring Programmes for Aquatic Animals—January 2012 (PDF)
OIE Comments–(Terrestrial Animal Health) Responsible and Prudent Use of Antimicrobial Agents in Veterinary Medicine—December 2011 (PDF)
OIE Comments–(Aquatic Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals) Chapter on Infection with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis-January 2010 (PDF)
OIE Comments–(Terrestrial Animal Health) Glossary, Notification of Disease and Epidemiological Information, Veterinary Services, Evaluation of Veterinary Services, Biosecurity Procedures in Poultry Production, Prevention, Detection, and Control of Salmonella in Poultry, Transport of Animals by Land, Stray Dog Population Control, Use of Animals in Research and Education, Bluetongue, Food and Mouth Disease, Classical Swine Fever, Swine Vesicular Disease, Veterinary Legislation, Control of OIE Listed Diseases in Heat Treated, Shelf Stable Pet Food, Rabies, and Communication- December 2010 (PDF)
OIE Comments–(Aquatic Animal Health) Introduction to the Recommendations for Controlling Antimicrobial Resistance, Principles for Responsible and Prudent Use of Antimicrobial Agents in Aquatic Animals, Welfare Aspects of Stunning and Killing of Farmed Fish for Human Consumption, and Killing of Farmed Fish for Disease Control Purposes-December 2010 (PDF)
OIE Comments–(Terrestrial Animal Health) Welfare Guidance on Development of Animal Welfare Standards and Poultry Chapters-December 2010 (PDF)
OIE Comments–(Aquatic Animal Health) Certification Procedures, Control of Aquatic Animal Health Hazards in Aquatic Animal Feed, Application of Compartmentalisaton, Criteria to Assess the Safety of Aquatic Animal Commodities, Diseases Listed by the OIE, Disinfected Eggs, Epizootic Haematopoietic Necrosis, General Obligations Related to Certification, Glossary, Infection with Abalone Herpes-like Virus, Introduction to the Recommendations for Controlling Antimimicrobial Resistance, Measures Concerning International Aquatic Animal Disease Agents and Pathological Material, Model International Aquatic Animal Health Certificates, Necrotising Hepatopancreatitis, Quality and Evaluation of Competent Authorities, Welfare of Farmed Fish During Transport, Sample for Importing Aquatic Animal Products, Sample of Importing Live Aquatic Animals, Import Risk Analysis, Zoning and Compartmentalization, and Slauther of Farmed Fish for Human Consumption-December 2009 (PDF)
OIE Comments–(Terrestrial Animal Health) Glossary, Animal Health Surveillance, Veterinary Services, Evaluation of Veterinary Services, Zonning and Compartmentalisation, Application of Compartmentalisation, General Obligations related to Certificatio, Certification Procedures, Transport of Animals by Land, Transport of Animals by Air, Slaughter of Animals, Killing of Animals for Disease Control Purposes, Stray Dog Population Control, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, Bovine Tuberculosis, Bovine Tuberculosis of Farmed Cervidae, Scrappie, Proposed Chapter on Communication, Biosecurity Procedures in Poultry Production, Use of Animals in Research and Education, Animal Welfare and Broiler Chicken Production, and Animal Welfare and Beef Cattle Production Systems-December 2009 (PDF)
OIE Comments–(Terestrial Animal Health) Use of Animals in Research, Testing, or Teaching-July 2009 (PDF)
OIE Comments–Terrestrial Animal Health)Terrestrial Animal Health) D raft Guidelines on Dog Population Control, Glossary, and The Detection, Control and Prevention of Non-Typhoid Salmonella in Chickens-January 2009 (PDF)
OIE Comments–(Terrstrial Animal Health) Annex--OIE Guidelines on Research Animal Welfare-August 2008 (PDF)
OIE Comments–(Terrestrial Animal Health) General Definitions, Zonning and Compartmentalisation, General Guidelines for the Application of Compartmentalisation,Guidelines for the Transport of Animals by Sea, Guidelines for the Transport of Animals by Land, Guidelines for the Killing of Animals for Disease Control Pusposes, Draft Guidelines on Dog Population Control, Guidelines on the Handlins and Disposal of Carcasses and Wastes of Aquatic Animals, and Introduction to OIE Guidelines for the Welare of Live Aquatic Animals-January 2008 (PDF)
OIE Comments–(Terrestrial Animal Health) Draft Guidelines on Dog Population Control, and a Discussion Paper on Development of Animal Welfare Guidelines for Production Systems-July 2007 (PDF)
OIE Comments–(Terrestrial Animal Health) General Definitions, Guidelines for the Transport of Animals by Sea, and Guidelines for the Transport of Animals by Land-January 2007 (PDF)
OIE Comments–Annex A–Stray Dog Control (PDF)
OIE Comments–(Aquatic Animal Health Code) General Comments and on Animal Welfare Definitions, August 2006 (PDF)
OIE Comments–Guidelines on Animal Welfare Chapters on General Definitions, Guidelines for the Transport of Animals by Land, Guidelines for the Transport of Animals by Sea, Guidelines for the Slaughter of Animals for Human Consumption, and Guidelines for the Killing of Animals for Disease Control Purposes-January 2006 (PDF)
OIE Comments–Draft Guidelines for the Humane Killing of Animals for Disease Control Purposes, Guidelines for the Slaughter of Animals for Human Consumption, Guiding Principles for the Land Transport of Animals, and Guiding Principles for the Transport of Animals by Sea-April 2005 (PDF)
OIE Comments–Guidelines for the Humane Killing of Animals for Disease Control Purposes, Guiding Principles for the Land Transport of Animals, and Guiding Principles for the Transport of Animals by Sea-August 2004 (PDF)
OIE Comments–Guidelines for the Slaughter of Animals for Human Comsumption-July 2004 (PDF)