Feasibility of using neural networks for real-time prediction of poultry deep body temperature responses to stressful changes in ambient temperature

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 303-308

  Lacey, B ^a,b   Hamrita, T K ^b,c   McClendon, R ^b  

^a ASAE ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; POULTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; SENSORS;

AGRICULTURE;

AVES;

EID: 0034179949     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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