Guidance

Livestock transport vehicles: A guide to best practice for vehicle ventilation

Ventilation within your vehicle is important to remove the heat and moisture produced by animals during transport.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 18 April 2011

Documents

Livestock transport vehicles - A guide to best practice for vehicle ventilation

Ref: PB11260

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Details

If heat and moisture are not removed, then conditions in the vehicle become different from those outside the vehicle.

During transport, thermal conditions around the animals are the greatest stressor to the animals.

This guide describes the best practice for vehicle ventilation.

Further information

• Animal welfare

Published 18 April 2011