The effects of pen partitions and thermal pig simulators on airflow in a livestock test room

Journal of Agricultural and Engineering Research

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 317-326

  Bjerg, B ^a   Svidt, K ^b   Zhang, G ^c   Morsing, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

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EID: 0005845347     PISSN: 00218634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jaer.2000.0596     Document Type: Article

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