Transporting Farm Animals Caring for animals during transportation is just as important as caring for them on the farm. Download to Learn More Related snapAG Articles Antibiotics in Food Biosecurity Organic Farming Beef Protein and the Environment Global Protein Consumption What are GMOs Organic Soil Management Organic and Synthetic Pesticides Neonics Antibiotic Resistance Antibiotics – What and Why? Vaccines Animal Welfare or Rights Transporting Farm Animals Pig Housing The Myth of Factory Farms Intensive Livestock Operations Dairy Cows Chicken Housing Hormones Today’s Farm Soil Horticulture in Canada Aquaculture in Canada Water Management Farm Animals Animal Breeding Agriculture and Greenhouse Gases Environmental Farm Plans Conservation Tillage Carbon Sequestration Protein and Nutrition Food Safety Food Waste Grass-Fed and Grain-Finished Beef Pesticides on Food Organic Food Eggs Dairy in Your Diet Milk Pasteurization Food Additives GMOs and the Environment GMO Foods GMOs Around the World Organic Pest Management Conventional or Organic Fertilizer Fertilizer Use Fertilizer Irrigation Grain Farm Technology Glyphosate Pesticides and the Environment Pesticides – What and Why? Plant Breeding and Food Security Genetics and Farming Genetic Engineering and Human Health History of Plant Breeding Bees Bioplastics Crop Byproducts Eating Local Food Processing Food Security Invasive Species Regenerative Agriculture Robotics in Agriculture Supply Management Urban Agriculture Urban Pesticides Websites to Investigate This Topic Further Beef Cattle Research Council Canadian Livestock Transport Canadian Meat Council LivestockWelfare.com Footnotes Gary C. Smith et al. (December 2004). “Effect of Transport on Meat Quality and Animal Welfare of Cattle, Pigs, Sheep, Horses, Deer and Poultry.” Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). (December 5, 2016). “Humane Transport/Animal Welfare.” National Farm Animal Care Council. (2017). “Recommended Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Farm Animals – Transportation.” Ibid. 5 Farm & Food Care. (2015). The Real Dirt on Farming. Ibid. References Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). (December 5, 2016). “Humane Transport/Animal Welfare.” Farm & Food Care. (2015). The Real Dirt on Farming. National Farm Animal Care Council. (2017). “Recommended Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Farm Animals – Transportation.” Smith, Gary C. et al. (December 2004). “Effect of Transport on Meat Quality and Animal Welfare of Cattle, Pigs, Sheep, Horses, Deer, and Poultry.” Photo Credits Cattle transport truck, Page 1 – Canada Beef Loading pigs onto a truck, Page 2 – Farm & Food Care Photo Library Tags animals transportation transporting farm animals animal health animal rights animal welfare humane farm farming ranch CFIA codes of practice pigs pork poultry chickens turkey cows cattle dairy sheep goats research food safety conventional organic