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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Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale
2008-03-01
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| Series: | Veterinaria Italiana |
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| Online Access: | http://www.izs.it/vet_italiana/2008/44_1/201.pdf |