livestock ethics2006

Youth Livestock Projects: Your Responsibilities: 

Youth Livestock Projects: Your Responsibilities The Pennsylvania State University Department of Dairy and Animal Science

This educational program was created to ensure that youth animal programs are conducted with the highest possible quality and integrity.: 

This educational program was created to ensure that youth animal programs are conducted with the highest possible quality and integrity.

Program Development: 

Program Development Bob Mikesell (rem9@psu.edu; 814-865-2987) Specie Contacts: Dairy, Dale Olver (dolver@psu.edu, 814-863-3914) Horse, Pat Comerford (pcomerford@psu.edu, 814 863-3657) Livestock, Bob Mikesell (rem@psu.edu, 814-865-2987) Small Animal, Nancy Dreschel (nad5@psu.edu, 814-863-4197) Poultry, Phil Clauer (pclauer@psu.edu, 814-863-8960)

The six following Key Areas of Responsibility are fundamental to the success of youth livestock projects. : 

The six following Key Areas of Responsibility are fundamental to the success of youth livestock projects.

Six Key Areas of Responsibility: 

Six Key Areas of Responsibility Animal Care and Ownership Honesty and Sportsmanship Animal Health and Biosecurity Quality Assurance Human Health Ethics and Conduct

Animal Care and Ownership: 

Animal Care and Ownership I will own and possess my animal by my county’s ownership deadline. I will feed, water, and care for my own animals each day. I will present proof of ownership and age of animal if requested. I will groom my own animals with minimal help from adults.

Animal Care and OwnershipYouth Responsibilities: 

Animal Care and Ownership Youth Responsibilities Benefits of youth animal programs are only realized when youth do the work. Personal responsibility Animal skills Record keeping and analysis

Animal Care and OwnershipAdult Responsibilities: 

Animal Care and Ownership Adult Responsibilities Appropriate adult and family involvement is important in youth development Mentoring Coaching Demonstrating Teaching But not DOING

Care and Ownership Situation I: 

Care and Ownership Situation I After your county’s weigh-in date, Larry Lambjockey offers you a market lamb he’s sure will win the show. All you have to do is switch the ear tag, which he will take care of. In return, Larry gets half the sale proceeds of this potential champion. The Grand Champion market lamb usually brings about $2000 at auction. What would you do?

Care and Ownership Situation II: 

Care and Ownership Situation II You become aware that a club member’s project lambs are being housed and fed at Sheba Sheepskin’s farm in the next county. The club member was heard boasting that she didn’t have to do any of the work with her lambs. Why is this wrong?

Care and Ownership Situation III: 

Care and Ownership Situation III Your best friend in the club is having trouble getting his pig off the truck at the fair. A crowd of people has gathered to watch when your friend grabs the pig by the ears and pulls it off the truck, one inch at a time. What should your friend have done?

Care and Ownership Situation IV: 

Care and Ownership Situation IV It is 95 degrees in the shade the afternoon you take your pigs to the roundup. You are sitting in a line of trucks waiting to unload your pig. It may be an hour before you can unload. What should you have done before you left home? What should you do now?

Six Key Areas of Responsibility: 

Six Key Areas of Responsibility Animal Care and Ownership Honesty and Sportsmanship Animal Health and Biosecurity Quality Assurance Human Health Ethics and Conduct

Honesty and Sportsmanship: 

Honesty and Sportsmanship I will act with honesty, integrity, and display good sportsmanship at all times. I will not interfere with show officials, program sponsors, other exhibitors, or judges. I will treat everyone with courtesy and respect.

Honesty and Sportsmanship: 

Honesty and Sportsmanship I will do my best in competition, but realize that I may not always get or win a blue ribbon. When I compete, I will have a performance goal, not a “beat everyone else” goal. I will not, nor will I allow anyone else, to criticize officials, sponsors, other exhibitors, or judges.

Which is the Best?: 

Which is the Best?

Honesty and Sportsmanship Situation I: 

Honesty and Sportsmanship Situation I Your parent openly criticizes the market lamb judge after the show because you placed third with a very expensive lamb. Why is this a problem? What would you do?

Honesty and Sportsmanship Situation II: 

Honesty and Sportsmanship Situation II Both of your fair pigs them win their divisions and compete for Grand Champion. One of them is selected as Grand Champion of the show. What are your options before the Reserve Champion is selected? Which option would you choose? Why?

Honesty and Sportsmanship Situation III: 

Honesty and Sportsmanship Situation III Three of the four pigs in the championship drive are yours. However, you fail to win either Champion or Reserve Champion. How would your react? What reaction would display the highest degree of sportsmanship?

Honesty and Sportsmanship Situation IV: 

Honesty and Sportsmanship Situation IV It’s the day before the roundup and you realize you did not actually meet a county requirement to participate (meeting attendance, etc.). No one realizes this but you. What should you do?

Six Key Areas of Responsibility: 

Six Key Areas of Responsibility Animal Care and Ownership Honesty and Sportsmanship Animal Health and Biosecurity Quality Assurance Human Health Ethics and Conduct

Animal Health and Biosecurity: 

Animal Health and Biosecurity I am responsible for the health and welfare of my animals. I am responsible for reading show rules and obtaining all required health tests and papers from a licensed veterinarian. I will present required health certification upon request of authorities.

Animal Health and Biosecurity: 

Animal Health and Biosecurity I will not violate any current biosecurity rules put in place by any state or local organization. I will not participate in an event if my animal shows any signs of infectious, contagious, or parasitic disease, or if I am aware that my animal could present a human or animal health hazard to other participants.

Animal Health and BiosecuritySituation I: 

Animal Health and Biosecurity Situation I When presenting your health papers to show officials, you are informed that your $2500 steer was vaccinated only 10 days prior to the show. The rules state that vaccines must be administered at least 15 days before the show, but the vet said you’d be OK. Whose responsibility is this? What would you do?

Animal Health and BiosecuritySituation II: 

Animal Health and Biosecurity Situation II You notice your steer has a snotty nose as you load him for the fair. Then you remember he didn’t eat much of his feed yesterday or the day before. What would you do? Why?

Animal Health and BiosecuritySituation III: 

Animal Health and Biosecurity Situation III It’s 6:45 PM and you are just finishing cleaning out your pig pen. You suddenly remember you have a mandatory 4-H swine club meeting at 7:00 PM at a club leader’s hog farm 30 minutes away. What would you do?

Animal Health and BiosecuritySituation IV: 

Animal Health and Biosecurity Situation IV The day after the show (but 2 days before the sale), your Champion steer stops eating, is coughing, and has a temperature of 105 degrees. Your stall is right beside a diary show string with 200 milking cows at home. What are the risks? What would you do?

Six Key Areas of Responsibility: 

Six Key Areas of Responsibility Animal Care and Ownership Honesty and Sportsmanship Animal Health and Biosecurity Quality Assurance Human Health Ethics and Conduct

Quality Assurance Food Producing Animals: 

Quality Assurance Food Producing Animals For food producing animals, I will ensure my animals are free of illegal drug residues and residues from fitting products. I am responsible for the safety and wholesomeness of products from my animals. I am financially liable for any loss related to illegal residues.

Quality Assurance Food Producing Animals: 

Quality Assurance Food Producing Animals I understand that potentially dangerous compounds contained in some fitting products may be absorbed through an animal’s skin, remain for an unknown period of time, and may violate quality assurance standards for meat producing animals.

Quality AssuranceNon-Food Producing Animals: 

Quality Assurance Non-Food Producing Animals For non-food producing animals, I will ensure that my animals are not administered drugs other than allowed by laws, regulations, or other rules.

Quality AssuranceNon-Food Producing Animals: 

Quality Assurance Non-Food Producing Animals I am responsible for the safety and wholesomeness of any products derived from my animals. I am financially liable for any loss related to illegal residues.

Quality Assurance Situation I: 

Quality Assurance Situation I At the county fair, you observe a club member’s parent giving an injection to a lamb two days before the show and sale. Why is this a problem? What would you do?

Quality Assurance Situation II: 

Quality Assurance Situation II In a swine showmanship competition, you notice a first-year member hitting his pig on the loin so often that red welts are rising up on the pig’s back. Why is this a problem? What would you do?

Quality Assurance Situation III: 

Quality Assurance Situation III A club member tells you that feeding Paylean to your pig at three times the recommended level for the final two months before the show will really help your pig’s chances at the fair. Would you take the friend’s advice? Why or why not?

Six Key Areas of Responsibility: 

Six Key Areas of Responsibility Animal Care and Ownership Honesty and Sportsmanship Animal Health and Biosecurity Quality Assurance Human Health Ethics and Conduct

Human Health: 

Human Health I understand that some fitting and grooming products contain compounds that may be hazardous to human health if inhaled or adsorbed through the skin. I will be prudent and cautious in handling fitting products that may contain potentially harmful compounds. Examples: Methylene Chloride Toluene

Human Health: 

Human Health I will use fitting and grooming products only according to label directions. I will not conceal the identity of any fitting or grooming product!

Human Health Situation I: 

Human Health Situation I You are preparing your steer to compete in the PA Farm Show youth steer show. Adult fitters in the stall next to you are applying aerosol fitting products to a market steer and the fumes drift directly into your stall. Why is this a problem? What would you do?

Human Health Situation II: 

Human Health Situation II You are selecting an adhesive to use on your steer and see the following two products on the tack store shelf. Which would you use? SHOW STUFF Powerful stuff to make your show animal look like it just jumped out of a magazine ad. WARNING: EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE! Do not use near heat of flame. Contents under pressure. Avoid spraying in eyes. Do not expose to heat or store at temperatures above 1200 F. OTHER INGREDIENTS: Mineral oil, Propane/isobutane SHOW STUFF Powerful stuff to make your show animal look like it just jumped out of a magazine ad. WARNING: EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE! Do not use near heat of flame. Contents under pressure. Avoid spraying in eyes. Do not expose to heat or store at temperatures above 1200 F. WARNING: BREATHING CONTENTS MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH. CONTAINS METHYLENE CHLORIDE, which has been shown to cause cancer in laboratory animals. Use outdoors if possible. If used indoors, ensure maximum fresh air ventilation. OTHER INGREDIENTS: Propane/isobutane, Toluene

Six Key Areas of Responsibility: 

Six Key Areas of Responsibility Animal Care and Ownership Honesty and Sportsmanship Animal Health and Biosecurity Quality Assurance Human Health Ethics and Conduct

Ethics and Conduct: 

Ethics and Conduct I will remember that I am involved in animal projects to develop personal and interpersonal skills, not simply win to in the show ring and make money. I agree to read and abide by any county, or state codes of conduct. I agree to read and abide by all show or project rules.

Ethics and Conduct: 

Ethics and Conduct I will bring any questionable act I observe to my parents. My family and I will take the issue to the proper program authority. My family and I will display good sportsmanship and abide by that authority’s decision.

Ethics and Conduct: 

Ethics and Conduct I understand that parents and leaders must continually influence youth by positive example. I understand that I am absolutely responsible for my project animal and my behavior, and that my conduct reflects all of 4-H and the entire agricultural industry. I will HAVE FUN!

Ethics and Conduct Situation: 

Ethics and Conduct Situation Your steer is going bonkers in the ring during the type show. It has escaped you three times, stepped on a fellow exhibitor’s foot, and continues to rear on it’s hind legs. You get frustrated and yank hard on the chain halter, then hit the steer with your show stick. Is this appropriate behavior? What should you do? Would you bring the steer back for the showmanship competition?

Ethics and Conduct: 

Ethics and Conduct Remember….. “The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.” General H. Norman Swartzkopf