Engineering and design of vehicles for long distance road transport of livestock (ruminants, pigs and poultry)

During road transportation, livestock are subjected to a number of concurrent potential stressors that can increase mortality and morbidity and compromise welfare status and production efficiency. A major concern is the thermal micro-environment within the vehicle with both heat stress and cold stre...

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Main Authors: Malcolm A. Mitchell, Peter J. Kettlewell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale 2008-03-01
Series:Veterinaria Italiana
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Online Access:http://www.izs.it/vet_italiana/2008/44_1/201.pdf