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dc.contributor.authorPrendiville, Daniel J.*
dc.contributor.authorEarley, Bernadette*
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-14T11:06:05Z
dc.date.available2017-08-14T11:06:05Z
dc.date.issued2001-04-01
dc.identifier.citationPrendiville, D.J., Earley, B., Weanling Mart Survey, End of Project Reports, Teagasc, 2001.en_GB
dc.identifier.isbn1841702188
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11019/1392
dc.descriptionEnd of Project Reporten_GB
dc.description.abstractThe weanling survey was carried out for the period January 1998 to December 1999. * There were 123,259 weanling surveyed. * The distance travelled to the mart ranged from 1.4 to 216 km. * All weanlings travelled < 4 h to the mart. * The majority of weanlings travelled < 50 km to and from the mart. * The distance travelled from the mart ranged from 2.1 to 364km. * Only 32 weanlings travelled > 500 km on the combined jour neys to and from the mart. * The longest distance travelled on the combined journey to and from the mart was 579 km. * The number of weanlings that remained within the county where the marts were located ranged from 23.5% to 99.5%. * No animals travelled for > 8 h. * There are no welfare issues involved in the selling of weanlings through Irish marts.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean Union Structural Funds (EAGGF)en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherTeagascen_GB
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEnd of Project Reports;
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBeef Production Series;15
dc.subjectWeanlingsen_GB
dc.subjectAnimal welfareen_GB
dc.subjectAnimal transporten_GB
dc.titleWeaning Mart Surveyen_GB
dc.typeTechnical Reporten_GB
dc.identifier.rmis4626
refterms.dateFOA2018-01-12T08:51:34Z


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