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- Title
Implications, trends, and prospects for long-distance transport in cattle.
- Authors
Valadez Noriega, Marcela; Miranda de la Lama, Genaro Cvabodni
- Abstract
The growth of international trade and population has increased the demand for animal protein in developing and emerging countries, which has led to a considerable increase in the number of animals bred, transported, and processed worldwide. As a result, transport distance and duration have increased, which has driven specific improvements in livestock infrastructures, such as trucks with greater autonomy and load capacity, adapted to the biological needs of animals; reduction of operating costs; and liberalization of animal health restrictions that facilitate international trade. In this review, was conduct an integrated, detailed, and updated analysis of long-distance transport. Considering that the current trend is to increase transport duration, logistical scales, and mixed transportation, it is necessary to develop evaluation and decision-making systems with tools and protocols that minimize the biological cost in cattle.
- Subjects
CATTLE; ANIMAL breeds; OPERATING costs; INTERNATIONAL trade; ZEBUS; TRUCK engines; MIGRATORY birds
- Publication
Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Pecuarias, 2020, Vol 11, Issue 2, p517
- ISSN
2007-1124
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.22319/rmcp.v11i2.4767