Economic evaluation of misting-cooling systems for growing/finishing swine through modeling

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 425-430

  Bridges, T C ^a,b   Turner, L W ^a,b   Gates, R S ^a,b  

^a ASAE ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooling; Misting; Simulation; Sprinkling; Swine Growth Model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032117539     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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