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Establishing Sprinkling Requirements on Trailers Transporting Market Weight Pigs in Warm and Hot Weather

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Transport is an inevitable process in the modern, multi-site swine industry. Pigs do not have efficient physiological means (such as sweating) to cool themselves. Therefore, being transported in hot weather can cause heat stress and even death. Sprinkling the pigs and/or bedding may...

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Published in:Animals (Basel)
Main Authors: Kephart, Rebecca, Johnson, Anna, Sapkota, Avi, Stalder, Kenneth, McGlone, John
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: MDPI 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4494380/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26480035
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani4020164
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