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The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. –Mahatma Ghandi- Guirec lucked out with a real go-
to chicken. Monique is a Rhode
Island Red, a breed known to be
good layers of large brown eggs.
These hens are described as real
femme fatales - happy in human
company and hardy in the steamy
tropics or winter snow and cold. - My math tells me Monique laid
about 125 dozen eggs during the
voyage - allowing for a few days off. - Livestock carriers are typed as
open or closed. An open carrier
will have all or most of the animal
pens installed on open decks. In
theory this provides continuous
natural ventilation with little reli-
ance on mechanical ventilation.
In practice natural ventilation is
generally not adequate, particular-
ly in hot climates. A closed carrier
has the animal pens located in the
holds and internal decks of the
ship - with complete reliance on
mechanical ventilation. Although
some regulations require a spec-
ified minimum number of air
changes/hour, again mechanical
ventilation is also more often than
not inadequate. - The majority of animals moved by
livestock carriers are sheep and
cattle. - The principle countries that export
sheep and cattle are Australia and
New Zealand. - Cattle need approximately 40 litres
of water a day.
7 Sheep need approximately 4 litres
of water a day. - Sheep and cattle both need at least
2% of their weight a day in fodder. - Toxic gases common on livestock
carriers are ammonia (NH3), and
carbon dioxide (CO2) - harmful to
both crew and animals. Although
methane (CH4) isn’t considered to
be toxic, it is highly flammable.- Inanition is a when an animal
stops eating. Sheep in particular
will stop eating on livestock car-
riers due to the overall stresses of
the transportation, and unfamiliar
pellets for food as opposed to pas-
ture fare. Picky eaters have a high
mortality rate.