The Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines—Land Transport of Livestock describes standards and guidelines that ensure the welfare of livestock during transport by road and rail and by livestock transport vehicle aboard a ship.
It includes general standards and guidelines for the transport of livestock:
1. Responsibilities and planning
2. Stock-handling competency
3. Transport vehicles and facilities for livestock
4. Pre-transport selection of livestock
5. Loading, transporting and unloading livestock
6. Humane destruction
It also includes species standards and guidelines for the transport of livestock. The specific requirements for the land transport of poultry are on pages 95–99.
Download a copy of the Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines—Land Transport of Livestock (PDF, 1.13MB).
