Roadside checks in pig transport – inspection checklists and guidelines (version 1.0)

The aim of this report, constituting deliverable 3.5 of the 2023-2024 work programme, is to describe checklists and their guidelines used for roadside inspection of pig transport in EU MS’s. This report is designed to support the work of inspectors and highlights the challenges that inspectors face during inspection where welfare can be challenging to assess (see Mc Loughlin 2022). The focus is on journeys of >8 hours and thus vehicles approved as Type II.