Establishing Sprinkling Requirements on Trailers Transporting Market Weight Pigs in Warm and Hot Weather

This study was conducted July of 2012 in Iowa, in WARM (<26.7 °C) and HOT (≥26.7 °C) weather. Four sprinkling methods were compared, with one treatment being randomly assigned to each load: control- no sprinkling (not applied in HOT weather), pigs only, bedding only, or pigs and bedding. Expe...

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Main Authors: Rebecca Kephart, Anna Johnson, Avi Sapkota, Kenneth Stalder, John McGlone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-04-01
Series:Animals
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/4/2/164