Poultry environment and production control and optimization-a summary of where we are and where we want to go

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 479-483

  Hamrita, T K ^a   Mitchell, B ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Monitoring; Poultry housing

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; AGRONOMY; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MONITORING; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRODUCTION CONTROL; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

POULTRY HOUSING;

FARM BUILDINGS;

EID: 0033378997     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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