Animal Treatment Protocol Checklist for Meat Animals (pdf) - Guidelines for developing an animal health treatment protocol for your farm

Avoiding Drug Residues in Meat (pdf) - How meat is tested for antibiotic residues and the penalties associated with positive tests

Do your drugs MEAT proper use, storage and handling requirements? (pdf) - A printable flyer listing the basic elements of proper drug use, storage, and handling

Establishing a Veterinary Client Patient Relationship (VCPR) (pdf) - The importance of the VCPR and it's role in preventing drug residues

Extra-label Drug Use (ELDU) (pdf) - Description of extra-label drug use and how it may increase the need for a longer than labeled withdrawal time

Follow the 5 R's to Prevent Veterinary Drug Residue in Meat Animals (pdf) - The five "Rs" for avoiding drug residues in meat animals

S.T.O.P. (pdf) - A printable flyer with tips for when NOT to send your animal to slaughter that can be posted in your barn

Avoiding Residues from Tetracycline Drugs (pdf) - Tips to avoid drug residues with commonly used Tetracycline drugs

Cephalosporin Use in Cattle (pdf) - The proper use of Cephalosporin drugs in cattle

Using Injectable Penicillin G Procaine (pdf) - Explanation of why penicillin use often causes violative drug residues and how to avoid this problem

Animal Health Treatment Protocols (pdf) - Work with your veterinarian to document treatment protocols for sick animals

Drug List (pdf) - Document drugs used or found on the farm

Record of Treatments - Herd (pdf) - Document treatments given to multiple animals, following FDA guidelines

Record of Treatments - Individual Animal (pdf) - Document treatments given to an individual animal on the farm, following FDA guidelines

Individual Animal Pre-Marketing Form (pdf) - Ask these questions before sending an animal to slaughter

Marketing Log (pdf) - Ask these questions before sending multiple animals to slaughter

More Firewood Information

All state-certified wood materials will have the state certificate on the label. Certified materials have been processed or treated according to the state regulations before crossing quarantine boundaries.

  • Firewood is certified by the MDA and displays the appropriate label information.
  • Is unopened 
Firewood can be transported out of the EAB and spongy moth quarantined area if:
  • Firewood is certified by the MDA and displays the appropriate label information.
  • Is unopened 
No
  • Firewood bundles have been opened
  • Firewood is not certified as treated
  • Firewood bundles fail to display the appropriate certification shield.
Firewood cannot be transported out of the quarantine area if:
  • Firewood bundles have been opened
  • Firewood is not certified as treated
  • Firewood bundles fail to display the appropriate certification shield.
No
  • Firewood is certified by the MDA and displays the appropriate label information.
  • Is unopened 
  • Firewood bundles have been opened
  • Firewood is not certified as treated
  • Firewood bundles fail to display the appropriate certification shield.

Firewood Pests and Diseases

  • Emerald ash borer is a non-native insect that has killed millions of ash trees since 2002 when it was accidentally introduced into Michigan from China. This invasive insect is spreading to other states and Canadian provinces due to the movement of infested firewood and nursery stock. Emerald ash borer has been found in Minnesota and firewood could further spread this destructive pest across the state.
  • Spongy moth is among America’s most destructive tree pests. The moths have caused millions of dollars of damage to forests in eastern states and now threaten Minnesota forests. Spongy moth eggs can be transported on firewood.
  • Oak wilt is a disease that kills large numbers of oak trees in Minnesota every year. Oak wilt can be spread by insects that carry the fungal spores from infected firewood to healthy trees.
  • Dutch elm disease has devastated our elm population and continues to kill more elms every year. It can be spread when insects carrying the fungal spores travel from infected firewood to healthy trees.
  • The Asian longhorned beetle, a threat to hardwood trees (e.g., maples, birch, elm and ash), has been detected and quarantined in New York, New Jersey and Ontario, where eradication efforts are underway. It was also detected in Illinois but was eradicated.