STUDY 
            Requested by the ANIT Committee 
                
                
                
                           Particular welfare needs  
                                  in animal transport: 
                            unweaned animals and 
                                    pregnant females  
                     Workshop on Animal Welfare during Transport 
                                                of 25 May 2021 
                                                                                                
                                  Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies                 EN 
                                          Directorate-General for Internal Policies 
                                                  PE 690.874 - May 2021 
            
                                                                          
                                                                          
                                     RESEARCH FOR ANIT COMMITTEE 
                                 Particular welfare needs  
                                        in animal transport: 
                                  unweaned animals and 
                                           pregnant females  
                         Workshop on Animal Welfare during Transport 
                                                         of 25 May 2021 
                                                                          
                                                                          
                                          Abstract 
                            
                                          This   study provides a technical overview and policy 
                                          recommendations of the welfare need during transport of 
                                          unweaned animals and pregnant females. During long journeys 
                                          unweaned calves may experience negative welfare 
                                          consequences such as prolonged hunger and thirst, resting 
                                          problems, thermal stress and diseases.  Further research is 
                                          needed to develop appropriate methods  to determine the 
                                          gestational age during  late  pregnancy when the date of 
                                          insemination or matting is unavailable, as well as to establish the 
                                          gestational age at which females are at particular risk of suffering 
                                          poor welfare during transport. 
                            
                                                     
               This document was requested by the European Parliament's Committee of Inquiry on the Protection of 
               Animals during Transport (ANIT). 
                
               AUTHORS  
               Dr. Antonio VELARDE1                     1                 2                2
                                    , Dr. Dayane TEIXEIRA , Dr. Maria DEVANT , Dr. Sonia MARTÍ  
                
               1 
                Animal Welfare Program, Institute for Food and Agriculture Research and Technology (IRTA) Veïnat de 
                Síes, 17121 Girona, Spain;  
               2Ruminant Production, Institute for Food and Agriculture Research and Technology (IRTA), Caldes de 
                Montbui, 08140 Barcelona, Spain. 
                
               Research administrators: Albert MASSOT & Stephan DIETZEN 
               Project, publication and communication assistance: Jana BERGMAN & Kinga OSTAŃSKA 
               Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies, European Parliament 
                
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               Please use the following reference to cite this study: 
               Velarde, A., Teixeira, D., Devant, M. & Martí, S 2021, Research for ANIT Committee – Particular welfare 
               needs of unweaned animals and pregnant females, European Parliament, Policy Department for 
               Structural and Cohesion Policies, Brussels 
               Please use the following reference for in-text citations: 
               Velarde, Teixeira, Devant and Martí (2021) 
                
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