Cyril Roy, currently completing his PhD at the Atlantic Veterinary College, gave an overview of his research into making good welfare assessments of horses during and after transportation at the Animal Transport Association’s conference in March. He mentioned that the temporal aspects of his research are challenging and a good place to start is to measure the risk factors that can affect welfare during and after transport.

Some of the common risk factors are space allowance, trailer design, ramp design, and food and water provisions during transport