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Temperature profile in double-decker transporters and some consequences for pig welfare during transport

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2018

L. Christensen
Affiliation:
Danish Meat Research Institute, Maglegaardsvej 2, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
P. Barton Gade
Affiliation:
Danish Meat Research Institute, Maglegaardsvej 2, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark

Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1999

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