HEAT STRESS IN BROILERS AND THE NEED OF CLIMATIZATION SYSTEMS / ESTRESSE POR CALOR EM FRANGOS DE CORTE E A NECESSIDADE DE SISTEMAS DE CLIMATIZAÇÃO
Broilers have better production rates when housed in thermal comfort conditions, outside of this zone the poultry need to maintain homeothermy. The heat production and thermal exchanges are related to body weight and available surface for heat exchange. The genetic evolution of broilers ensured high...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP)
2017-09-01
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Series: | Revista Brasileira de Engenharia de Biossistemas |
Online Access: | http://seer.tupa.unesp.br/index.php/BIOENG/article/view/549 |