Transport of broilers: load microclimate during Brazilian summer

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Autor(a) principal: Barbosa Filho,José A. D.
Data de Publicação: 2014
Outros Autores: Queiroz,Marília L. V., Brasil,Daniel de F., Vieira,Frederico M. C., Silva,Iran J. O.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Engenharia Agrícola
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69162014000300003
Resumo: The objective of this study was to characterize the microclimatic profile of broiler transport trucks under commercial conditions, in the summer, by continuous monitoring of environmental variables (temperature and air relative humidity). Three loads were monitored from farm to slaughterhouse, considering factors such as distance and day periods (morning, afternoon, and night). To obtain the profile of the environmental variables during journey, data loggers, that determined the microclimate to which birds were submitted, were installed in the trucks; data loggers also allowed visualization of the Enthalpy Comfort Index (ECI) so that load regions could be classified according to heat comfort limits for 6-week old poultries. Temperature, relative humidity, and ECI in the truck were analyzed, using geostatistics, by the ordinary kriging method. The afternoon was the most critical period, and truck central and rear regions were most problematic for chickens, thus most susceptible to losses.
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title Transport of broilers: load microclimate during Brazilian summer
spellingShingle Transport of broilers: load microclimate during Brazilian summer
Barbosa Filho,José A. D.
poultry farming
animal welfare
pre-slaughter operations
heat stress
title_short Transport of broilers: load microclimate during Brazilian summer
title_full Transport of broilers: load microclimate during Brazilian summer
title_fullStr Transport of broilers: load microclimate during Brazilian summer
title_full_unstemmed Transport of broilers: load microclimate during Brazilian summer
title_sort Transport of broilers: load microclimate during Brazilian summer
author Barbosa Filho,José A. D.
author_facet Barbosa Filho,José A. D.
Queiroz,Marília L. V.
Brasil,Daniel de F.
Vieira,Frederico M. C.
Silva,Iran J. O.
author_role author
author2 Queiroz,Marília L. V.
Brasil,Daniel de F.
Vieira,Frederico M. C.
Silva,Iran J. O.
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Barbosa Filho,José A. D.
Queiroz,Marília L. V.
Brasil,Daniel de F.
Vieira,Frederico M. C.
Silva,Iran J. O.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv poultry farming
animal welfare
pre-slaughter operations
heat stress
topic poultry farming
animal welfare
pre-slaughter operations
heat stress
description The objective of this study was to characterize the microclimatic profile of broiler transport trucks under commercial conditions, in the summer, by continuous monitoring of environmental variables (temperature and air relative humidity). Three loads were monitored from farm to slaughterhouse, considering factors such as distance and day periods (morning, afternoon, and night). To obtain the profile of the environmental variables during journey, data loggers, that determined the microclimate to which birds were submitted, were installed in the trucks; data loggers also allowed visualization of the Enthalpy Comfort Index (ECI) so that load regions could be classified according to heat comfort limits for 6-week old poultries. Temperature, relative humidity, and ECI in the truck were analyzed, using geostatistics, by the ordinary kriging method. The afternoon was the most critical period, and truck central and rear regions were most problematic for chickens, thus most susceptible to losses.
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