Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://repositorio.ufla.br/jspui/handle/1/38921
Title: Adjust of regression models to estimate the rectal temperature of broilers for the first 14 days of life
Other Titles: Modelos de regressão para a estimativa da temperatura retal de frangos de corte durante os primeiros 14 dias de vida
Keywords: Thermal environment
Poultry
Thermal comfort
Mathematical modeling
Physiological responses
Ambiente térmico
Avicultura
Conforto térmico
Modelagem matemática
Respostas fisiológicas
Issue Date: 2012
Publisher: Associação Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola
Citation: PONCIANO, P. F. et al. Adjust of regression models to estimate the rectal temperature of broilers for the first 14 days of life. Engenharia Agrícola, Jaboticabal, v. 32, n. 1, p. 10-20, jan./fev. 2012.
Abstract: The broiler rectal temperature (trectal) is one of the most important physiological responses to classify the animal thermal comfort. Therefore, the aim of this study was to adjust regression models in order to predict the rectal temperature (trectal) of broiler chickens under different thermal conditions based on age (A) and a meteorological variable (air temperature - tair) or a thermal comfort index (temperature and humidity index -THI or black globe humidity index - BGHI) or a physical quantity enthalpy (H). In addition, through the inversion of these models and the expected trectal intervals for each age, the comfort limits of tair, THI, BGHI and H for the chicks in the heating phase were determined, aiding in the validation of the equations and the preliminary limits for H. The experimental data used to adjust the mathematical models were collected in two commercial poultry farms, with Cobb chicks, from 1 to 14 days of age. It was possible to predict the trectal of conditions from the expected trectal and determine the lower and superior comfort thresholds of broilers satisfactorily by applying the four models adjusted; as well as to invert the models for prediction of the environmental H for the chicks first 14 days of life.
URI: http://repositorio.ufla.br/jspui/handle/1/38921
Appears in Collections:DEG - Artigos publicados em periódicos



This item is licensed under a Creative Commons License Creative Commons