Effects of structural and stacking configuration of containers for transporting chicks in their microenvironment

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 777-782

  Tanaka, A ^a,b,c   Xin, H ^a,b  

^a ASAE ^*  (United States)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air exchange; Air transportation; Breeder chicks; Mortality; Natural ventilation; Stress

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW RATE; CARDBOARD BOX; CHICKS; STACKING CONFIGURATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARGO AIRCRAFT; PAPERBOARD CONTAINERS;

VENTILATION;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0031148291     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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