Order identification of the dynamic heat production response of broiler chickens to step changes in temperature and light intensity

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 467-473

  Aerts, Jean Marie ^a   Buyse, Johan ^a   Decuypere, Eddy ^a   Berckmans, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Broiler chickens; Dynamics; Modeling; Order identification

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

BROILER CHICKENS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS;

POULTRY;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0038269683     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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