Effects of relative humidity on animal health and welfare

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 maj...

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Published inJournal of Integrative Agriculture Vol. 16; no. 8; pp. 1653 - 1658
Main Authors XIONG, Yan, MENG, Qing-shi, GAO, Jie, TANG, Xiang-fang, ZHANG, Hong-fu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published China State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition,Institute of Animal Sciences,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Beijing 100193,P.R.China 01.08.2017
CAAS. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. Published by Elsevier B.V
KeAi Communications Co., Ltd
Subjects
animal
animal health
animal welfare
eggs
health
humans
livestock
meat
milk
poultry housing
relative humidity
welfare
农副产品
动物健康
畜牧业
畜禽舍
相对湿度
福利
饲养场
饲养条件
animal
health
relative humidity
welfare
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Summary: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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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.
relative humidity, animal, health, welfare
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ISSN:2095-3119
2352-3425
2095-3119
DOI:10.1016/S2095-3119(16)61532-0