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

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Transport is an inevitable process in the modern, multi-site swine industry. Pigs do not have efficient physiological means (such as sweating) to cool themselves. Therefore, being transported in hot weather can cause heat stress and even death. Sprinkling the pigs and/or bedding may...

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Autores principales: Kephart, Rebecca, Johnson, Anna, Sapkota, Avi, Stalder, Kenneth, McGlone, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4494380/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26480035
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani4020164

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4494380/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26480035
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani4020164

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