Animal Systems Atlas — Livestock • Working Animals • Basic Veterinary

L1.01 — Where There Is No Vet (Oxfam) CORE

The most practical “generalist” livestock health reference for low-access settings: observation → differential → action. Strong on prevention, handling, feeding, routine treatments, births, emergencies, and basic operations.

• Use as the first-line diagnostic and response guide when veterinary services are absent or delayed.
• Pairs well with L1.03 (FAO) for training structure and procedural depth.

L1.02 — Where There Is No Animal Doctor (ECHO) CORE

A strong companion to L1.01 with practical, accessible explanations for community-level animal care, especially useful for training new practitioners.

• Use for clinic-style workflows: basic exam → likely causes → immediate care → prevention.
• Good for building “common problems” checklists and simple SOPs.

L1.03 — A Manual for the Primary Animal Health Care Worker (FAO) CORE

A foundational FAO manual (1994) that is more structured and “curriculum-like” than many field handbooks. Useful for standardizing training and adapting materials to local conditions.

• Use to design local training modules, supervision routines, and standardized procedures.
• Pairs especially well with CAHW systems (L1.04–L1.06) and surveillance (L4).

L1.04 — Training Manual for Community Animal Health Workers (ILRI) CORE

A concrete CAHW training manual (Handlos, 2018) with practical disease recognition, basic interventions, equipment management, and field hygiene—high utility for building community-level capability.

• Use as the “training backbone” for CAHW cohorts and refresher cycles.
• Convert sections into checklists, laminated field cards, and monthly drills.

L1.05 — Community-Based Animal Health Workers in the Horn of Africa (Tufts/Feinstein) CORE

A high-signal evaluation that explains why CAHW systems succeed or fail: regulation, supervision, drug supply integrity, incentives, and veterinary governance.

• Use before scaling a CAHW program to avoid predictable structural failure modes.
• Strong on “quality, self-sustaining community-based services” considerations.

L1.06 — WOAH Competency & Curriculum Guidelines for CAHWs (WOAH) CORE

The global reference framework for CAHW competency and curriculum design—useful for alignment, recognition pathways, and avoiding ad-hoc “informal training” drift.

• Use to audit and professionalize CAHW training programs.
• Anchor for interoperability with national veterinary systems.

L1.07 — Pocket Guide to Working Equid Veterinary Consultations (Brooke) CORE

A compact, field-ready consultation guide for working horses, donkeys, and mules. Strong for standardizing the exam, improving safety, and delivering consistent consultations.

• Use as the baseline “clinic flow” for equid health visits.
• Excellent for mentoring frameworks and on-the-job supervision.

L1.5.01 — Agrodok 44: Ethnoveterinary Medicine (Agromisa/CTA) CORE

A structured introduction to ethnovet practices with practical framing. Useful for building a “candidate remedies list” and integrating it into a safer decision workflow.

L1.5.02 — Ethnoveterinary Medicine in Asia (IIRR Information Kit) CORE

A large “information kit” style compilation of traditional animal health care practices across South/Southeast Asia. Best used as a comparative reference and idea bank, not as a prescription engine.

L1.5.03 — Traditional Ethnoveterinary Medicine in East Africa (Medicinal Plants Manual) CORE

A region-focused manual emphasizing medicinal plants and their ethnoveterinary applications. Useful when the limiting factor is supply chain access, but requires discipline: identification accuracy, toxicity awareness, and not delaying escalation for emergencies.

L2.01 — Smallholder Chicken Production Manual (ILRI) CORE

A modern, detailed ILRI manual (2024) for smallholder chicken decisions: day-to-day management, feeding, housing, health, biosecurity, and productivity constraints.

L2.02 — Agrodok 4: Small-Scale Poultry Production in the Tropics (Agromisa) CORE

A classic, highly practical manual: hatching, housing, nutrition, health, and small-scale management constraints. Strong for beginners and extension workers.

L2.03 — Improving Village Chicken Production (ACIAR) CORE

A field-worker/trainer manual optimized for village contexts, including training-course integration and practical appendices. Especially valuable where Newcastle disease and predation are major constraints.

L2.04 — Small-Scale Poultry Production: Technical Guide (FAO) CORE

FAO’s technical building blocks for sustainable small-scale poultry programs—useful when shifting from “how-to” toward program architecture and regional adaptation.

L2.05 — Farmer Field Schools for Family Poultry Producers (FAO) CORE

A practical facilitator manual for running poultry Farmer Field Schools: learning design, group process, and field implementation patterns that actually work.

L2.06 — Agrodok 33: Duck Keeping in the Tropics (Agromisa) CORE

A practical duck systems manual covering breeding, housing, feeding, and healthcare, with a smallholder orientation.

L2.07 — Muscovy Ducks for Development Projects in the Tropics (ECHO EDN) CORE

A focused, project-oriented piece on Muscovy ducks: why they fit tropical constraints and how to integrate them into development projects.

L2.10 — Feeding Dairy Cattle (ILRI) CORE

A high-utility feeding manual for smallholder dairy contexts: feed resource assessment, ration logic, seasonal constraints, and practical feeding improvements.

L2.11 — Dairy Cattle Herd Health Management Manual (ILRI) CORE

A structured herd-health manual built for animal health service providers: investigation checklists, condition scoring, syndromic clusters, and routine prevention logic.

L2.12 — Smallholder Dairy Farmer Training Manual (ILRI) CORE

A training manual designed for dairy farmer capacity building: management routines, productivity constraints, and a practical learning structure for extension.

L2.20 — Small Ruminant Production Techniques (ILRI Training Manual) CORE

A comprehensive ILRI training manual (Ibrahim, 1998) used across multiple African contexts. Strong for deeper technical grounding beyond “how-to pamphlets.”

L2.21 — Goat Production Handbook (Mdukatshani / KZN / Heifer) CORE

A field-oriented goat production handbook with strong practical coverage including parasites, health, and management interventions. Particularly useful as an on-farm reference with applied detail.

L2.22 — Agrodok 7: Goat Keeping in the Tropics (Agromisa) CORE

A widely used, practical goat manual covering the main operational pillars with tropical constraints in mind.

L2.30 — Training Manual for Smallholder Pig Farmers (ILRI) CORE

An ILRI training manual (2019) that targets core productivity constraints: feeding, health, husbandry, and risk reduction.

L2.31 — Agrodok 1: Pig Farming in the Tropics (Agromisa) CORE

A compact, practical pig guide focused on tropical constraints and smallholder economics.

L2.32 — Deep Litter / Fermented Bed Pig Systems (ECHO notes) CORE

Deep-litter systems can reduce waste runoff and create compost, but they require correct bedding management, ventilation, and disease hygiene to avoid turning pens into pathogen amplifiers.

L2.40 — Tropical Rabbit Production (ECHO Technical Note) CORE

A clear, low-resource rabbit production guide: housing, feeding, breeding, and common health issues. Strong as a starter manual for meat rabbits in constrained contexts.

L2.41 — Meat Rabbit Project Development (trainer-focused) OPTIONAL

When rabbit programs move from household-level to training cohorts, trainer manuals become necessary (course structure, practice sessions, and program viability).

L2.42 — Integrated Small Livestock Notes (ECHO: domestic animals chapter) CORE

A compact integration-oriented chapter that includes mini-livestock notes (including cavies/guinea pigs) and pragmatic small-farm integration perspectives.

L3.01 — Better Farming Series #14: Farming with Animal Power (FAO) CORE

A compact FAO manual on animal power farming: field preparation, implements, and practical decision-making for small farms.

L3.02 — Developing Agriculture with Animal Traction (Simalenga & Joubert) CORE

A direct “what is animal traction / how it’s used / why it matters” manual (Department of Agriculture context). Useful for orientation, task mapping, and practical system framing.

L3.03 — Harnessing & Implements for Animal Traction (Starkey / GATE) CORE

A deep, highly practical reference on harnessing and animal-drawn implements—one of the most complete “mechanics + animal interface” resources available for traction work.

L3.04 — Guidelines for Design/Production/Testing of Animal-Drawn Carts (ATNESA / Intermediate Technology) CORE

A rare, coherent design + manufacturing + testing guideline set for ox and donkey carts. If carts are infrastructure, this is blueprint-level material.

L3.05 — Working Equid Veterinary Manual (Brooke) CORE

A large, field-focused manual for working horses, donkeys, and mules: common conditions, diagnosis, treatment, prevention. Treat as the “deep reference,” with L1.07 as the fast field companion.

L3.06 — WOAH Terrestrial Code: Welfare of Working Equids (Chapter 7.12) CORE

The global standards layer for working-equid welfare: outcome-based measurables and management requirements that translate directly into field protocols and policy alignment.

L4.01 — Manual on Participatory Epidemiology (FAO) CORE

A foundational manual for collecting reliable disease intelligence through participatory methods—especially in pastoral and remote contexts where standard reporting fails.

L4.02 — Risk-Based Disease Surveillance (FAO) CORE

A detailed guide for veterinarians and program designers on surveillance strategies that focus effort where risk is highest. Critical when resources are limited and proof matters.

L4.03 — Sentinel Zones Implementation Manual (ILRI Manual 61) CORE

A practical guide for launching and maintaining sentinel zone monitoring networks in pastoral systems: selection, contributor training, transects, management, and sustainability.

L4.04 — Handbook for Planning & Managing CAHW Programmes (VSF International) CORE

A program-level handbook covering the “system glue”: planning, management, and operational realities of CAHW programs.

L4.05 — WOAH CAHW Guidelines (Workforce Development) CORE

The broader WOAH context for CAHW professionalization and integration into veterinary workforces.

L5.01 — LEGS Handbook (3rd Edition, 2023) CORE

The core international guideline set for livestock interventions in humanitarian crises: feed, water, vet support, shelter/settlement, livestock offtake, and livestock provision—plus preparedness and early action.

L5.02 — Livestock-Related Interventions During Emergencies (FAO “How-to-do-it”) CORE

FAO’s detailed intervention guide: destocking, veterinary support, feed, water, shelters, livestock provision, cash transfer, and monitoring/evaluation.

L5.03 — Good Emergency Management Practice: The Essentials (FAO) CORE

A practical guide to building animal health emergency management systems: phases, plans, roles, and institutional readiness steps.

L5.04 — GEMP in Animal Health (FAO self-paced course) CORE

A structured training course that operationalizes GEMP concepts into learnable modules with assessment.

L6.01 — Participatory Rangeland Management (PRM) Guidelines for Practitioners (ICPALD/ILRI) CORE

A practitioner manual for PRM: community-led planning, management, and governance of rangelands. Critical for pastoral systems where land management and animal health are inseparable.

L6.02 — Mapping Guidelines for Participatory Rangeland Management (CARE/partners) CORE

Step-by-step mapping instructions and checklists for PRM in pastoral/agro-pastoral areas. Designed for field teams to execute mapping with communities in a disciplined, repeatable way.

L6.03 — Feed Assessment Tool (FEAST) Data Application User Manual (ILRI) CORE

A user manual for FEAST, a structured methodology for assessing feed resources and constraints. Useful for designing interventions that actually match local feed realities.

L6.04 — Livestock Farmer Field Schools: Facilitation Guidelines & Technical Manual (ILRI) CORE

A technical and facilitation manual for running Livestock Farmer Field Schools (FFS), based on practical experience in Kenya. It supports repeatable delivery rather than “one-off workshops.”

L6.05 — Farmer Field Schools for Small-Scale Livestock Producers (FAO) CORE

A decision-maker oriented guide to FFS for livestock producers: why it works, how to implement, and how it links to livelihood outcomes.

L6.06 — CAHW + LEGS Policy & Systems Notes (selected) CORE

A compact set of policy/system documents that connect the operational layer (CAHW, LEGS) to program design, resilience framing, and institutional integration.

L7.01 — Environmentally Sound Small-Scale Livestock Projects: Guidelines for Planning (Jacobs) CORE

A planning-oriented manual that forces disciplined questions: ecological impact, feasibility, management, and sustainability—useful for preventing predictable project failure modes.

L7.02 — SALT 2: Simple Agro-Livestock Technology (MBRLC) CORE

A practical agro-livestock integration model (often goat-based) designed for upland systems: erosion reduction, soil fertility, forage, and livelihoods.

L7.03 — Using Fodder from Trees and Shrubs to Feed Livestock in the Tropics (FAO) CORE

A practical manual for identifying fodder trees/shrubs, establishing them, and using browse strategically— especially critical where dry-season feed is the limiting factor.

L7.04 — Livestock Sector Investment and Policy Toolkit (LSIPT) (FAO/World Bank) CORE

A high-level toolkit for sector assessment and investment/project preparation. Useful when moving from local projects to regional planning, policy review, and investment justification.

L7.05 — “From Emergency to Development” (LEGS/Vet policy paper) CORE

A policy-oriented bridge document showing how livestock interventions can shift from emergency response into resilience-building and development.