Transport is recognized as one of the most stressful times in a farmed animal’s life. Transported animals often experience food and water deprivation, intense crowding, exposure to extreme heat and ...

Animals are transported to facilitate research, teaching, and training, and for breeding-colony establishment and maintenance. Stress during transportation is unavoidable and can affect the quality of ...

A ‘fitness check’ of regulations in five countries meant to protect animals during transportation, has deemed that they all fall short of fully protecting animals during transport. Findings from this ...

Every year, hundreds of millions of farmed animals are shipped across the United States to breeding, feeding, and slaughter facilities—transport that represents one of the most stressful experiences ...

Transport of broiler chickens to processing facilities exposes birds to a sequence of physical and environmental stressors that significantly influence welfare outcomes, mortality and meat quality.

Ransom L. Baldwin, PhD (Chair), is professor and session chair of the Department of Animal Science of the University of California, Davis. He is known for his research on nutrient use and energetics ...