Assessment of transport stress on cattle travelling a long distance (˜648 km), from Jessore (Indian border) to Chittagong, Bangladesh

Alam, Mahabub; Hasanuzzaman, Md; Hassan, Mohammad Mahmudul; Rakib, Tofazzal Md; Hossain, Md Emran; Rashid, Md Harun; Sayeed, Md Abu; Philips, Lindsay B; Hoque, Md Ahasanul

types of injury and their frequency distribution (before and after transportation) Six different types of injury were recorded in the studied animals. They included abrasion, laceration, swelling, scarification, barbed wire injury and bone fracture. In almost all cases the frequency of injury by type increased after transportation, where the occurrence of abrasion, laceration and barbed wire injury significantly increased after transportation ( Table 2 ). The overall frequency of injuries increased after transportation, but singletype injury significantly increased after transportation (P<0.001) ( Table 2) . Images of types of injury in different body parts of the animals are presented in Fig 2. Frequency distribution of injury by location in cattle (before and after transportation) Injury in different anatomical locations of animals increased after transportation, but the difference was not significant (Table 3) .