Transportation principles

• Transport of animals
• Car monitoring (GPS)
• Legislation
• Merits of our cars
• Transport cars
• Transportation principles
• Welfare

Main principles of animal loading

When loading, it is necessary to check the health of animals. Also important is the bedding of the animals.

• Prefer the use of herding barriers to the use of electric prod.
• Monitor the health of transported animals, removing injured and ill animals from transport.
• Use of all partitions the container is equipped with.
• When lifting the floors in the loading space, the back door of the container must be secured and the lifted animals must be monitored to prevent injury.
• When loading cattle, set the height of the upper floor and the roof so that the transported animals cannot be injured.
• When transporting breeding animals, secure harmless bedding.
• After completing loading, check that all floors, doors and back headboards are secured.
• According to weather adjust the opening or closing of the side lamellas.

Main principles during transportation

Mechanic cleaning and disinfection of the car is performed after every transportation.

• The crew must adapt their driving to the character of the transported load to eliminate sharp intrusions in driving (slow start, smooth drive, slow driving through turns etc.).
• In case of stopping in hot weather immediatelly switch on side ventilators and water sprinklers.
• During safety breaks check the health condition of the animals.
• When unloading the animals, again prefer the use of herding barriers to electric prods.
• After every unloading of animals the crew must perform mechanic cleaning and then disinfection of the car in a specified place. Every cleaning and disinfection must be recorded by the crew into the operating logbook of the car and this must be submitted to controlling bodies when requested.
• The course of each drive is recorded in the handover of goods record. This document, in which the route of the drive, the number and category of animals, course of the drive and possible faults found are stated, is signed by the crew of the car and the persons who overtake the animal.