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Pig Transport Protocols and Safety Guide

Long-form pig transport guide. Vehicle hard stops (no U-Hauls, no pickup beds), interactive pre-transport risk calculator, water/ice computation, body condition scoring, heat stress flowchart, and a persistent emergency rescue panel. Memorial to seven pigs lost in 2022.

Updated April 24, 2026by Steampunk Farms

Overview

A long-form, pig-specific transport guide. Vehicle requirements (no U-Hauls, no pickup beds, AC reaches the cargo compartment), an interactive pre-transport risk calculator, a water/ice load calculator, body condition scoring, a heat-stress emergency flowchart, and a persistent floating rescue panel reachable from anywhere on the page. Built from Krystal Tronboll’s 2022 Pig Transport Guidelines and Safety Protocols PDF, expanded with interactive tools.

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Full guide

The full guide lives at /resources/transport/pigs and includes the interactive risk calculator, water/ice calculator, body-condition scoring, heat-stress emergency flowchart, persistent rescue panel, and printable field travel log.