(a) Pregnant and young equines shall not be mixed with other animals.
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(b) Different species of equines shall be kept separately.
(c) Equines shall be loaded after being fed and given water adequately, watering arrangements shall be made enroute and sufficient food carried to last during the journey.
(d) Veterinary first-aid equipment shall accompany all batches of equines.
(e) Adequate ventilation shall be ensured.
(f) Suitable ramps and platforms, improvised where not available, shall be used for loading and unloading equines.
61. For the transport of equines by rail, the following precautions shall be taken
(a) Equines shall be transported by passenger or mixed trains only;
(b)Ordinary goods wagon when used for transportation shall carry not more than eight to ten horses or ten mules or ten donkeys on braod guage and not more than six horses or eight donkeys on metre-gauge
(c) in extreme hot, water shall be sprinkled over the wagons containing equines by the railway authorities to bring down temperature. Ice slabs in specially made containers may be placed inside the wagan, if recommended by a qualified veterinary surgeon;
(d) every wagon shall have two attendants if the equines are more than two in number;
(e) equines shall be loaded parallel to the rails, facing each other;
(f) material for padding, such as paddy, straw, shall be placed on the floor to avoid injury if an animal lies down and this shall not be less than 6 cm thick;
(g) to provide adequate ventilation, upper door of the side of the wagon shall be kept open and properly fixed and the upper door of the wagon shall have wire guage closely welded mesh arrangements to prevent burning cinders from the engines entering the wagon and leading to fire break out;
(h) two breast bars shall be provided on each side of the wagon, one at a height of 50 to 80 cm and the other at 110 cm.
62. For the tranport of equines by goods-vehicles, the following precautions shall be taken, namely :
(a) Specially fitted vehicles with a special type of tail-board and padding around the sides shall be used ;
(b) ordinary goods vehicles shall be provided with antislipping material on the floor and the super structure, if low, should be raised;
(c) bamboo poles of at least 8 cm diameter between each animal and two stout batons at the back shall be provided to prevent the animal from falling;
(d) to prevent horses from being frightened or injured their heads should face left away from the passing traffic;
(e) each vehicle shall not carry more than four to six equines;
(f) each vehicle shall be provided with one attendant;
(g) these vehicles shall be driven at a speed not more than 35 kilometers per hour;
63. For the transport of equines by sea the following precautions shall be taken, namely:
(a) horses may normally be accommodated in single stalls and mules in pens, each pen holding four to five mules;
(b) ample ventilation shall be ensured by keeping portholes and providing permanent air trunks or electric blowers on all decks, and exhaust fans shall be installed to blow out foul air;
(c) all standings shall be athwart the ship with heads facing inwards;
(d) to avoid distress specially during hot weather, the ship may go underway immediately after embarking and disembarking shall be done as early as possible after anchoring.
(e) colts and fillies shall be kept on the exposed decks;
(f) a pharmacy and spare stalls for five per cent of equines shall be available;
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(g) passage between two rows of pens shall not be less than 1.5 metres.
CHAPTER - VI Transport of Sheep and Goats
64. Rules 65 to 75 shall apply to the transport of sheep and goats by rail or road involving journeys of more than six hours.