Air Conditioning

The approach of installing air conditioning in livestock transport ships has been considered as an avenue for cooling animals during high-risk conditions. However, air conditioning requires a low air turnover (and often recycling of air) in order to be effective (and/or cost-effective). Low air turnover systems would likely be less effective at removing waste gases and faecal moisture from animal pens, and for this reason, with current available technology, air conditioning does not seem to be a viable option for livestock vessels [14].
