The research examined in this review article suggests that motion
plays a welfare role during animal road and sea transport, producing
motion sickness and stress responses. Our understanding of
motion sickness mainly comes from research on humans or animal
models for human activities, and there is a need to investigatemotion
sickness in livestock and other animal species used by humans.
Transport motion research has been conducted in livestock mainly
during road transport and there is little research on sea transport
motion, even though it has potential to stimulate the vestibular
system and produce body instability, both precursors of motion sickness.
Further research should use physiological and behavioural
responses to determine responses to this condition, leading to a
better understanding of how motion sickness could affect livestock
during long distance transport