Temperature humidity index for growing tom turkeys

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 203-209

  Brown Brandl, T M ^a   Beck, M M ^b   Schulte, D D ^b,c   Parkhurst, A M ^b   DeShazer, J A ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c ASAE ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat stress; Humidity stress; THI; Turkeys

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; MOISTURE; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HEAT STRESS; HOMEOTHERMY; HUMIDITY STRESS; TEMPERATURE HUMIDITY INDEX; TURKEYS;

AGRICULTURE;

AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 0030966757     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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