{"id":100,"date":"2011-08-11T10:30:44","date_gmt":"2011-08-11T10:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ohiovma.org\/news\/?p=100"},"modified":"2015-01-23T21:32:58","modified_gmt":"2015-01-23T21:32:58","slug":"livestock-care-standards-to-go-into-effect-sept-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ohiovma.org\/news\/?p=100","title":{"rendered":"Livestock care standards to go into effect Sept. 29"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Care standards for alpacas, beef, dairy, goats, horses, llamas, pork, poultry, sheep and veal will go into effect next month.<\/figcaption><\/figure> Ohio Agriculture Director James Zehringer today announced that animal care rules developed by the Livestock Care Standards Board will become effective on Sept. 29, 2011. The establishment of comprehensive livestock care standards is required by Ohio\u00d5s constitution following the passage of State Issue 2 in 2009. The statewide ballot initiative specified creation of the 13-member Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board with the responsibility of obtaining industry and public input in developing livestock rules for alpacas, beef, dairy, goats, horses, llamas, pork, poultry, sheep and veal. \u00d2The members of the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board and representatives from Ohio\u00d5s agricultural community devoted the past 18 months to developing and vetting the most comprehensive livestock care standards in the nation,\u00d3 Zehringer said. \u00d2States from around the country are now looking towards Ohio\u00d5s leadership in developing these new standards.\u00d3 Ohio\u00d5s livestock care rules, which become effective with the Director of Agriculture\u00d5s signature, will be signed on Sept. 29, 2011, at a special ceremony in Fort Recovery. That date concludes an extensive outreach effort by the department and Ohio\u00d5s farm organizations to inform Ohioans raising or caring for livestock about the new rules. \u00d2We have already started the process of educating Ohio farmers about these new rules and it is our goal to spend the next several weeks in continuing to provide the state\u00d5s agricultural community information about them before they go into effect,\u00d3 said Zehringer. As part of its education effort the department has developed printable guides to help producers understand the new standards. A series of information sessions hosted by Dr. David Glauer, former state veterinarian, has also been scheduled around the state. The meetings are open to the public and will feature a presentation on the new livestock care standards as well as an opportunity to ask ODA staff questions about the new rules. The dates and locations of those two-hour meetings (all of which are from 6 to 8 p.m.) include: \n