Assessment of air quality in a commercial cattle transport vehicle in Swedish summer and winter conditions

Deutsche Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 100-104

  Wikner, I ^a   Gebresenbet, G ^a   Nilsson, C ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air quality; Cattle; Gas; Temperature; Transport

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; OXYGEN;

AIR QUALITY; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CATTLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMIDITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; NONHUMAN; STRESS; SUMMER; SWEDEN; THERMAL INJURY; THERMOREGULATION; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WINTER; AIR; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; STANDARD; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

AIR; AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AMMONIA; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; HUMIDITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; VENTILATION;

EID: 0037968444     PISSN: 03416593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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