Livestock Services specialise in all areas of RURAL transport including
- Domestic and Interstate transport
- Stud Stock Transport
- Livestock Shipping
- Machinery
- Hay/Grain
The key points when preparing livestock for travel are:
- Plan for the trip.
- Avoid extremes of weather.
- Check the holding and loading yards and loading ramp to make sure they are adequate.
- Use low-stress handling techniques.
- Don't carry out highly stressful activities just before loading, including crutching, dipping, drenching and dehorning.
- Ear tagging prior to loading for transport should be limited to those animals that have lost an NLIS tag.
- Only present livestock that are fit to travel.
- Sick, injured, severely lame, weak or emaciated animals unable to keep up with the mob, blind and heavily pregnant animals should not be transported.
- Segregate livestock appropriately for loading and travel.
- Strict maximum times off water apply and producers must remember that time off water prior to loading is part of the maximum time off water for the intended journey.
- Use a professional livestock carrier
- Be careful with drought-affected livestock and move them early rather than when feed levels are so low they can't be properly prepared for transport.
- Load livestock to the approved density only.
- Remember, when using a professional livestock carrier, the driver has the final say.
- Make sure all movement documents and paperwork traveling with the livestock is complete and signed.