Transport of cattle in Spain. Technical, administrative and welfare aspects according to the destination.

  1. Averós, X. 1
  2. Riu, M. 1
  3. López , J.
  4. Herranz, A. 2
  5. Ribó, O. 3
  6. Gosálvez, L. F. 1
  1. 1 Departament de Producció Animal. Universitat de Lleida. Av. Rovira Roure, 191. 25198 Lleida. España.
  2. 2 Asociación Nacional de Transportista de Ganado (ANTA). Santísima Trinidad, 30, 1º1ª. 28010 Madrid. España.
  3. 3 Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW). European Food Safety Authority. Largo N. Palli 5/A. I-43100 Parma. Italy.
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Revista:
Archivos de zootecnia

ISSN: 0004-0592,  1885-4494

Año de publicación: 2011

Volumen: 60

Número: 229

Páginas: 163-173

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.21071/AZ.V60I230.4665 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

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Resumen

To obtain a thorough description of how are cattle transported in Spain with respect to the journey destination a survey was performed in 2004 and 2005. Information was obtained by means of a 119-parameters questionnaire, and 44 transport operators representative of the sector (27 slaughterhouses, 10 traders, and 7 cattle markets) were interviewed. Over 80% of journeys transported growing-finishing/finished animals, and about 3% of journeys transported both growing-finishing/finished and reproductive animals. With respect to farm transports, slaughter transports loaded in fewer farms (1.2 vs. 1.4 farms; p

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