Examples of a Systematic Risk Assessment for the Land Transport Standards

Livestock Management Standards – A Systematic Risk Assessment Sample Template for Land Transport Standards Deer specific standards

Date of Assessment: ……………….. Name of person completing assessment: ………………………………………………

Livestock activity: ……………………………………………. …… (eg Commercial emu /ostrich carrier, Livestock producer – Deer)

Prescribed livestock management Standard: Land Transport Standards – Deer specific standards Refer to the general standards template for a risk assessment of the general land transport standards (SA 1 to SA 6)

Standard (list by number (eg SA 2.1) with or Relevant to Risks to animal welfare Control measures to minimise animal welfare risk without adding the standards or abbreviated version. my livestock and/or biosecurity? and to ensure compliance with the standard activity? (list any risks) Yes / No SB 5.1 Time off water must not exceed the periods given in the standard (refer to the applicable times in the standard)

SB 5.2 If deer over six months old have been off water for 48 hours, they must have a mandatory spell for 36 hours before starting another journey. If fawns or calves have been off water of 28 hours, they must have a mandatory spell for 12 hours before starting another journey. If deer known to be more than five months pregnant excluding the last four weeks have been off water for 24 hours, they must have a mandatory spell for 12 hours before starting another journey.

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Standard (list by number (eg SA 2.1) with or Relevant to Risks to animal welfare Control measures to minimise animal welfare risk without adding the standards or abbreviated version. my livestock and/or biosecurity? and to ensure compliance with the standard activity? (list any risks) Yes / No SB 5.3 Deer known to be in the last four weeks of pregnancy and lactating deer with fawns or calves must only be transported under veterinary advice unless the journey is less than four hours’ duration.

SB 5.4 Electric prodders must only be used on deer after reasonable actions to cause movement have failed.

SB 5.5 Deer must not be transported for seven days after velvet antler removal. SB 5.6 Where hard antler removal cannot be done, deer with hard antlers greater than four cm must not be transported unless they are separated from all other deer and have adequate clearance above the antlers.

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