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Ventilating enclosures by natural or mechanical means in agricultural buildings is a common way to remove moisture and heat produced by livestock or by stored crops, to humidify the atmosphere or dry or cool a product in storage, or to maintain a standard of air purity.
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Barre, H.J., Sammet, L.L., Nelson, G.L. (1988). Ventilation. In: Environmental and Functional Engineering of Agricultural Buildings. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1443-1_8
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