[Transport of live-stock and process of slaughter (author's transl)]

The introduction on the transport of live-stock and the process of slaughter is mainly confined to transport and stunning as part of the processing of pigs as this presents a fair picture of the problems which also arise in the case of other animals. The study was promoted by problems of welfare both in the animals and in the people involved as well as by the need for modernization. The problems are due particularly to the advent of scale economies in slaughter-houses, the law failing to adjust itselt with sufficient rapidity. These problems will be solved most effectively by a good understanding between and interplay of research institutes and, for instance, the various executive veterinary services.