Table 1 Environmental conditions recorded during housing and during transport.
Transport journeys | Ambient Temperature (°C) | Environmental conditions recorded during housing of control (J 0) and during transport of J 6, J 9, J 12, J18 and J 24 treatments | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  |  | CO2 (ppm) | Relative humidity (%) | Temperature (°C) | Wind speed (m/s) | Vapour density (g/m3) | H2S (ppm) | NH3 (ppm) |
J 0 | 12.0 (1.7-20.2) | 471.3 (417.0-655.0) | 69.8 (40.9-88.6) | 15.6 (6.0-19.0) | 0.4 (0.0-0.10) | 4.3 (2.8-8.6) | 0.00 (0.00-0.05) | 0.0 (0.0-0.0) |
J 6 | 8.4 (6.1-10.3) | 453.8 (356.0-897.0) | 89.5 (72.5-99.9) | 7.6 (4.7-10.8) | 0.8 (0.1-2.5) | 5.9 (4.3-10.8) | 0.01 (0.00-0.10) | 1.3 (0.0-5.7) |
J 9 | 15.3 (11.3-17.7) | 531.6 (388.0-922.0) | 93.8 (81.1-99.9) | 14.4 (10.4-17.7) | 0.6 (0.0-2.3) | 13.4 (10.4-15.9) | 0.00 (0.00-0.00) | 0.4 (0.0-2.9) |
J 12 | 7.8 (0.7-14.2) | 668.8 (447.0-1903.0) | 74.7 (61.5-89.2) | 8.6 (3.5-12.6) | 0.7 (0.0-3.0) | 4.3 (1.2-8.7) | 0.01 (0.00-0.20) | 0.9 (0.0-7.7) |
J 18 | 7.1 (3.5-9.9) | 545.5 (399.0-858.0) | 78.1 (65.0-91.0) | 8.3 (4.7-10.5) | 0.8 (0.0-3.3) | 4.6 (0.5-8.5) | 0.04 (0.00-0.20) | 0.0 (0.0-0.0) |
J 24 | 4.9 (-3.1-18.1) | 770.9 (401.0-2373.0) | 86.2 (64.3-99.9) | 6.4 (-0.1-16.0) | 0.6 (0.0-3.1) | 4.2 (-1.1-12.2) | 0.00 (0.00-0.00) | 0.1 (0.0-2.9) |