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| Effects of relative humidity on animal health and welfare |
| XIONG Yan, MENG Qing-shi, GAO Jie, TANG Xiang-fang, ZHANG Hong-fu |
| State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, P.R.China |
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Abstract Farm animals are sources of meat, milk and eggs for the humans, and animal health ensures the quality and security of these agricultural and sideline products. The animal raising conditions in livestock stations and poultry houses play vital roles in both animal health and production. One of the major factors affecting raising conditions, relative humidity, has not received much attention even though it is important for animal husbandry. In this review, we summarize the impacts of relative humidity on animal health and welfare to draw attention for its importance in the improvement of animal raising conditions in the future.
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Received: 27 June 2016
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| Fund: Fundings were provided by the National Key R&D Program of China (2016YFD0500501), the National Science and Technology Support Program of China (2012BAD39B02), and the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program, China (ASTIP-IAS07). |
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Corresponding Authors:
Correspondence TANG Xiang-fang, Tel: +86-10-62816076, Fax: +86-10-62819432, E-mail: xiangfangtang@163.com; ZHANG Hong-fu, Tel: +86-10-62816013, Fax: +86-10-62818910, E-mail: zhanghongfu@caas.cn
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| About author: XIONG Yan, E-mail: xiongyan@caas.cn; |
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XIONG Yan, MENG Qing-shi, GAO Jie, TANG Xiang-fang, ZHANG Hong-fu.
2017.
Effects of relative humidity on animal health and welfare. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 16(08): 1653-1658.
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