A virtual chicken for climate control design: Static and dynamic simulations of heat losses

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1765-1772

  Aerts, J M ^a   Berckmans, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chicken; Climate; Design; Modeling; Virtual

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOOD PRODUCTS; HEAT LOSSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ANIMAL HOUSES; HEAT LOSS MODELS; THERMOREGULATORY;

AGRICULTURE;

ANIMAL WELFARE; CLIMATE; POULTRY;

AGRICULTURE; CHICKENS; HEAT LOSS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POULTRY; SIMULATION;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 11144335310     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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