Animal Transportation Database for Beef Cattle
Currently, there are inaccuracies in the energy use and greenhouse gas emission estimates of cattle transport reported by LCA studies because of their simplistic assumptions. The purpose of this database is to provide the necessary data for accurate estimation of the energy use and greenhouse gas emissions associated with cattle transport. The database has 28 different trailers under three categories namely pot belly, gooseneck, and bumper pull. It describes space available (length and width), maximum weight allowed in the trailer, along with a compatible vehicle that can haul the trailer. Gross vehicle weight, maximum payload allowed, and fuel use are available for the compatible vehicle. Using this database one can directly identify the number of cattle of a particular weight category that can be transported in a particular trailer-vehicle combination. This database also helps to identify economical and eco-friendly ways to transport cattle.
Resources in this dataset:
Resource Title: Animal Transportation Database for Beef Cattle.
File Name: APLCAT-TRANSPORTATION-DATABASE.xlsx
Resource Description: Currently, there are inaccuracies in the energy use and greenhouse gas emission estimates of cattle transport reported by LCA studies because of their simplistic assumptions. The purpose of this database is to provide the necessary data for accurate estimation of the energy use and greenhouse gas emissions associated with cattle transport. The database has 28 different trailers under three categories namely pot belly, gooseneck, and bumper pull. It describes space available (length and width), maximum weight allowed in the trailer, along with a compatible vehicle that can haul the trailer. Gross vehicle weight, maximum payload allowed, and fuel use are available for the compatible vehicle. Using this database one can directly identify the number of cattle of a particular weight category that can be transported in a particular trailer-vehicle combination. This database also helps to identify economical and eco-friendly ways to transport cattle.
Resource Title: Animal Transportation Database for Beef Cattle - DATA DICTIONARY.
File Name: APLCAT-TRANSPORTATION-DATABASE-DATA-DICTIONARY.csv
Resource Title: Animal Transportation Database for Beef Cattle - SI Units.
File Name: APLECAT-TRANSPORTATION-DATABASE-SI_Units.csv
Resource Description: CSV version of the data
Resource Title: Animal Transportation Database for Beef Cattle - English Units.
File Name: APLCAT-TRANSPORTATION-DATABASE-EnglishUnits.csv
Resource Description: CSV version of the data
Funding
National Institute of Food and Agriculture, 2012-02355
History
Data contact name
Kannan, NarayananData contact email
kannan@tarleton.eduPublisher
Ag Data CommonsIntended use
Currently, there are inaccuracies in the energy use and greenhouse gas emission estimates of cattle transport reported by LCA studies because of their simplistic assumptions. The purpose of this database is to provide the necessary data for accurate estimation of the energy use and greenhouse gas emissions associated with cattle transport. The database has 28 different trailers under three categories namely pot belly, gooseneck, and bumper pull. It describes space available (length and width), maximum weight allowed in the trailer, along with a compatible vehicle that can haul the trailer. Gross vehicle weight, maximum payload allowed, and fuel use are available for the compatible vehicle. Using this database one can directly identify the number of cattle of a particular weight category that can be transported in a particular trailer-vehicle combination. This database also helps to identify economical and eco-friendly ways to transport cattle.Use limitations
Transportation data are available for cattle weights from 67 kg to 815 kg (150 lbs. to 1800 lbs.) only. Animal weight categories in the database are available at 23 kg (50 lbs.) intervals. Weights are rounded to the nearest integer. This database is based on the commonly-used vehicle (8 types) and trailer (3 types) categories.Theme
- Not specified
ISO Topic Category
- biota
- environment
- farming
National Agricultural Library Thesaurus terms
animal transport; databases; beef cattle; energy; greenhouse gas emissions; life cycle assessment; trailers; fuelsPending citation
- No
Public Access Level
- Public