Ventilation Shutdown References

The NYSVMS Animal Welfare Committee has compiled the following resources to help veterinarians find key information about ventilation shutdown.

1. Ventilation shutdown (VSD) as a means of depopulation of animals – HSVMA fact sheet
2. AVMA guidelines for the depopulation of animals:
3. World Organisation for Animal Health (founded as OIE) Terrestrial Animal Health Code – Killing Animals for Disease Control Purposes
4. The rise of heatstroke as a method of depopulating pigs and poultry: Implications for the US veterinary profession – G. Reyes-Illg, JE Martin, I Mani, J Reynolds, B Kipperman. Animals 2023, 13(1),140; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13010140
5. Ventilation Shutdown – Letters to the Editor, JAVMA, 2021, Volume 259(10), 1102-1104.
6. Methods to prevent future severe animal welfare problems caused by COVID-19 in the pork industry – Temple Grandin, Animals 2021, 11(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11030830 and https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/3/830
7. VSD FAQs: