Acute synergistic effects of air temperature, humidity, and velocity on homeostasis of market-size broilers

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 491-497

  Tao, Xiuping ^a   Xin, Hongwei ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Heat stress; Telemetry; Temperature humidity index (THI); Temperature humidity velocity index (THVI); Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DECISION MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELEMETERING;

BROILER PRODUCTIONS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS;

POULTRY;

AVES;

EID: 0037932386     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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