Transport of Animals Intended for Breeding, Production and Slaughter

Session I: Introduction.- Council of Europe Convention on Transport of Livestock, EC Council Directive on Protection of Animals during International Transport.- The Office of International Epizootics (OIE) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA).- Session II: Physiological Changes Induced in Animals at Loading, during and after Transport and Their Effects: Including Behavioural Changes.- Handling of Slaughter Pigs Prior to Loading and during Loading on a Lorry.- Transport of Broilers.- Injuries during Catching and Transportation of Broilers.- Various Transport Conditions and Their Influence on Physiological Reactions.- Physiology of the Transport of Cattle.- Physiological Response of Pigs to Treadmill Exercise Used as a Standardised Stress.- Behaviour of Cattle during Transport and Penning Before Slaughter.- Session III: Significance of These Changes and Effects in Relation to Health and Well-Being.- Losses Caused by Transport of Slaughter Pigs in the Netherlands.- Recent Results from Investigations of Transportation of Pigs for Slaughter.- Physiological Reaction of Slaughter Animals during Transport.- Session IV: Means of Transport, with Particular Reference to Their Construction.- Transport of Day Old Chicks by Air.- Bulk Transportation of Farm Animals by Air and Vehicular Ferries.- Transportation of Sheep by Ship from Australia to the Middle East.- Bulk Transport of Livestock by Sea with Particular Reference to Instruction, Procedure and Problems.- Session V: Present Research Being Undertaken and Consideration of What Further Studies, If Any, would be Desirable.- Transport of Animals Intended for Breeding Production and Slaughter.- Research on Transport Stress at Arc Bristol.- Research on Farm Animal Transport in France: A Survey.- Final Discussion.- List of Participants.