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Transportation of Pigs in Western Canada: Temperatures Within Trucks During Winter and Summer Months

WShannon
Engineering
November 3, 2020

One of the major stressors to pigs is transportation as it involves physical exertion, an unfamiliar environment and psychological and social stress. Death losses occur and are of higher incidence in the summer months. Temperatures vary in seasons and also in the compartments of the trucks. Insulation and ventilation values for the compartments should be modified to standardize the temperature throughout the truck.

Transportation of Pigs in Western Canada – Temperatures Within Trucks During Winter and Summer Months

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