Required thermal thresholds during transport of animals

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 90-95

  Schrama, J W ^a   van der Her, W ^a   Gorssen, J ^a   Henken, A M ^a   Verstegen, M W A ^a   Noordhuizen, J P T M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATTLE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POULTRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHEEP; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WATER DEPRIVATION;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATTLE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; POULTRY; SHEEP; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TRANSPORTATION; WATER DEPRIVATION;

EID: 0030227361     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.1996.9694624     Document Type: Article

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