Association between in-transit loss, internal trailer temperature, and distance traveled by Ontario market hogs

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 385-389

  Haley, Charles ^a   Dewey, Catherine E ^a   Widowski, Tina ^a   Friendship, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FARMING SYSTEM; HERD; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MEAT INDUSTRY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SHIPPING; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TRAVEL;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CONFINED SPACES; FEMALE; MALE; ONTARIO; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION;

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EID: 56749119833     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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