This guide, updated in 2019, was designed to assist producers, agents, buyers, transporters meet their legal obligations under the Australian Animal Welfare Standards for the Land Transport of Livestock. The guide has been designed to identify animals that are fit or unfit to load. The topics in the guide include: preparing livestock for transport, feed and water, examples of animals that are unfit to load and what to do if an animal is unfit to load. Included in the updated version is the chain of responsibility for livestock welfare in the transport process.