Dairy Industry Distributes Animal Handling Guidelines

In an effort to reinforce the importance of caring for dairy cattle at all stages of their lives, the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), along with Dairy Management Inc.™ (DMI), and the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP), created a basic educational poster that will be distributed to dairy farmers across America. The barn-safe plastic poster will serve as common industry guidelines for dairy farmers to follow when they need to handle, transport or cull their dairy animals.

NMPF’s Animal Health and Welfare Committee created the poster, which is available in English and Spanish.  Dairy cooperatives will distribute the poster to their members. Producers who are not part of a cooperative can order a copy by calling (703) 224-1381 or sending an e-mail request to poster@nmpf.org. For more information, please visit the National Milk Producers Federation.