Figure 1.

Proportion of respondents (n = 226) view on the importance (“very important/important,” “moderately important,” and “of little importance /unimportant”) of factors (body condition score, temperature, lameness, lactation status drug withdrawal time, mastitis, reproductive status, other disease/injury/illness, and ability of the cow to stand and stay standing for the duration of the trip) to assessment of cow fitness for transport immediately before loading, and whether or not factors were included in the farm cull cow standard operating procedure (n = 182).