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Behaviour of pigs and sheep during road transport

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

R.H. Bradshaw ,
S.J.G. Hall  and
D.M. Broom
R.H. Bradshaw
Affiliation:
Animal Welfare and Human-Animal Interactions Group, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 OES
S.J.G. Hall
Affiliation:
Animal Welfare and Human-Animal Interactions Group, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 OES
D.M. Broom
Affiliation:
Animal Welfare and Human-Animal Interactions Group, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 OES
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It is well known that transportation exposes livestock to stress which impairs welfare and affects productivity. Recent studies in pigs have investigated mortality during transport (Warriss & Brown 1994) and effects of loading density (Lambooy & Engel 1991) on welfare. Recent investigations in sheep have focused on the effects of handling and transport on bruising (Jarvis & Cockram 1994). Little attention has been focused on specific welfare guidelines which take into account the requirements of particular species. In the present study we compared the behavioural and physiological responses of pigs and sheep during road transport with a view to establishing whether guidelines of welfare should be species specific.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1995 , March 1995 , pp. 170
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1995

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