Health Care for Organic Livestock: Prevention

• Livestock Species & Type Selection
• Adequate Nutrition
• Appropriate Housing, Pasture, & Sanitation
• Freedom of Movement; Stress Reduction
• Appropriate Low-Stress Physical Alterations
• Vaccines & Veterinary Biologics

Health Care for Organic Livestock: Therapies

• Natural Therapies (herbs, homeopathy, flower remedies, essential oils, acupuncture, radionics)
• Listed Synthetic Medications
• Non-synthetic Pest Controls (traps, botanicals, biologicals, minerals)
• Listed Synthetic Parasiticides

Record Keeping & Audit Control

• Livestock Records To Keep

➢ Verification of Organic status for new animals

➢ Herd/flock health records

➢ Vaccination & medication labels

➢ Breeding records

➢ Slaughter & processing records

➢ Sales records

• Audit Control

Organic Pasture Integrity Issues

• Treated fence posts

➢ Existing installations are allowed on land in transition

➢ New installations are prohibited where they can contaminate forages and animals

• Conventional grazing animals

➢ Allowed as long as the land is managed according to National Organic Program requirements for organic crop production and no contamination occurs.