Recirculation of filtered air in pig barns

Canadian Agricultural Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 297-304

  Lau, A K ^a   Vizcarra, A T ^a   Lo, K V ^a   Luymes, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AIR; AIR FILTERS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DUST COLLECTORS; DUST CONTROL; FARMS;

ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR; FILTERED AIR; PIG BARNS; RECIRCULATION;

FILTRATION;

EID: 0030257796     PISSN: 0045432X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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