Surface wetting and its optimization to cool broiler chickens

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 483-490

  Tao, Xiuping ^a   Xin, Hongwei ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air vapor pressure deficit; Air velocity; Body temperature; Heat stress; Surface temperature

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; VENTILATION; WETTING;

BROILER CHICKENS;

SURFACE PHENOMENA;

POULTRY;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0038488805     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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