Cattle Transportation White Paper

The goal of the 2015 transportation symposium was to provide clarity regarding cattle well-being, research, the current state of the industry, and the future of cattle transportation in North America.
To that end,

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November 12, 2020 10:43 PM

The goal of the 2015 transportation symposium was to provide clarity regarding cattle well-being, research, the current state of the industry, and the future of cattle transportation in North America.

To that end, the Professional Animal Scientist has made the checkoff-funded symposium paper open-access. You can read the paper here. (http://live-ccms.pantheonsite.io/sites/default/files/pdf)

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