A review: Today ’s practices about the fitness for travel on land of horses towards the slaughterhouse

Worldwide, millions of horses are transported towards slaughterhouses each year. The fitness for travel of those horses before they go onto transport has a major effect on the welfare of the horses during the loading, transportation, unloading and slaughter process. In addition, a physically fit horse is more capable to handle stress than an unfit horse. Therefore, many legal regulations were introduced by governments to define the meaning and condition of a physically fit horse before going on transportation.
Source: Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research - Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Source Type: research