Review of the potential impacts of freight rail corridors on livestock welfare and production

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dc.citation.issue1
dc.citation.volume64
dc.contributor.authorKearton TR
dc.contributor.authorAlmeida A
dc.contributor.authorCowley FC
dc.contributor.authorTait LA
dc.contributor.editorCampbell D
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-05T01:21:51Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-25T06:44:03Z
dc.date.available2023-11-27
dc.date.available2024-03-05T01:21:51Z
dc.date.available2024-07-25T06:44:03Z
dc.date.issued2023-11-27
dc.description.abstractThe proximity of rail corridors to livestock production enterprises poses potential risks to welfare and production. The association between these factors and production have been extensively investigated. This review aims to assess the potential impact on the basis of existing data in a livestock production context. Due to expansion of freight rail networks through agricultural land, there is a need to investigate potential impacts of rail (including train and track) noise, vibration and visual disturbance on the physiology and behaviour of the livestock and subsequent production traits. Additionally, the factors influencing the impact on animals were characterised broadly as noise, vibration, and visual and spatial disturbance. This information was used to develop conceptual frameworks around the contribution of rail impact on allostatic load, animal welfare and production. Placing rail noise in the context of other, known, noise impacts showed that proximity to the rail line will determine the impact of noise on the behaviour and physiology of the animal. Thresholds for noise levels should be determined on the basis of known noise thresholds, taking into account the impact of noise on allostatic load. Further research is recommended to investigate the behavioural, physiological and production impacts on livestock from proximity to rail corridors. Current literature suggests that the allostatic load will vary depending on the proximity of the animal to the source of stimulus, the type, size or level of stimuli, habituation and the individual animal variation in response to the stimuli.
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dc.identifier.citationKearton TR, Almeida A, Cowley FC, Tait LA. (2023). Review of the potential impacts of freight rail corridors on livestock welfare and production. Animal Production Science. 64. 1.
dc.identifier.doi10.1071/AN23039
dc.identifier.eissn1836-5787
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn1836-0939
dc.identifier.numberAN23039
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/70770
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherCSIRO Publishing and the Australian Academy of Science
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.publish.csiro.au/an/Fulltext/AN23039
dc.relation.isPartOfAnimal Production Science
dc.rights(c) 2024 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectallostatic load
dc.subjectanimal welfare
dc.subjectcattle
dc.subjectlivestock
dc.subjectnoise
dc.subjectrail
dc.subjectsheep
dc.subjectstress
dc.titleReview of the potential impacts of freight rail corridors on livestock welfare and production
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.elements-id486344
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