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Biosalud

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ROMERO PENUELA, Marlyn Hellen; URIBE VELASQUEZ, Luis Fernando  and  SANCHEZ VALENCIA, Jorge Alberto. GROUND TRANSPORTATION OF BOVINES AND ITS IMPLICATIONS IN THE ANIMALS' WELFARE: A REVISION. Biosalud [online]. 2010, vol.9, n.2, pp.67-82. ISSN 1657-9550.

Introduction: bovine transportation from the farms to the meat processing plant is usually carried out using ground transportation. The transportation process produces stress and affects the animal welfare which has a negative bearing on the quality and harmlessness of the meat. Besides, it produces economic losses because of confiscations, different contusions, mortality, loss in live weight, reduction in carcass weight and alteration of the meat organoleptic variables among others. Colombia counts with an updated sanitary legislation for cattle and buffalo transportation which is an implementation requirement for the meat industry. Objectives: to display the implications of transportation on animal welfare, and describe the guidelines to carry out adequate transportation according to the Colombian sanitary legislation and international recommendations of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).

Keywords : animal welfare; contusions; sanitary legislation; transportation.

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