Excerpts from the report: Cooperative livestock shipping and marketing associations are gravely concerned over high losses of animals moved to market by truck because their operations depend particularly on this type of transportation. The current study evaluated the influence of equipment, loading conditions, and handling practices on injury or death of animals moved by truck. By this means, it was hoped to establish the connection between livestock losses in transit and the particular conditions prevailing during transportation of animals from farms to markets or processing plants. The positive identification of what might best be termed "loss-associated" conditions can help greatly in developing programs to reduce these marketing losses.