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7 Conclusions and
recommendations
7.1 Conclusions
The project has met the objectives detailed in Section 2. In doing so it has provided the industry with a reasonably flexible and accurate model which can be used to predict key outcomes on-
board flights transporting livestock. While the predicted animal physiology outputs can be readily validated through research and
empirical data, aircraft ventilation is more complex. The ECS outcomes generated by version 2.0 of LATSA appear to be generally elevated in comparison to those observed by most but not all
exporters. This is an intended consequence with the expectation that users would discuss anomalies with aircraft operators during the construction of proposed consignments to ensure
that aircraft have the nominated ventilation capacity. The software encompasses most if not all of the variables associated with livestock transport by
air. These variables include ports, operators, aircraft, holds, manufacturers, crates, animals and liveweights. As a result the potential combinations are extensive and in an effort not to exclude
choices in the initial acceptance stage of the implementation process, there are a number of non effective selections still available in the consignment building process. As a result some
selections may create errors during early use of the software. Response from early adopters has been encouraging with the expectation that exporters will find
the software tools relatively easy to use and suitable for their own needs. In addition, the software provides much more information than was previously available to justify a higher level of
confidence within and outside of the livestock air transport industry segment. This higher level of confidence is based on publicly available aircraft ESC data. While the results provide much
more information than was previously known, caution must be taken in relying on the results of version 2.0 of LATSA due to the way in which it uses maximum and minimum design
specifications within its calculations.
7.2 Recommendations from
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