Actively ventilating calf hutches using solar-powered fans: Effects on hutch microclimate and calf thermoregulation
Although active ventilation via fans is an effective and widely adopted heat abatement method for use with adult dairy cattle, it has yet to be investigated in outdoor hutch-housed dairy calves despite most US calves being raised in such systems. We investigated a solar-powered fan system for outdoo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2024-01-01
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| Series: | JDS Communications |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666910223000935 |