Assessment of the Level of Heat Stress in Broilers by Measuring Body Temperature and Hyperventilation under Poultry Farm Conditions in Venezuela
Repeated measurements on poultry are difficult to perform in real production conditions because of the difficulty to identify and retrieve the animals. A monitoring technique by which small groups of animals are isolated in wire fence circles within the poultry shed is proposed. This method was used...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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CIRAD
2006-01-01
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Series: | Revue d’Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux |
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Online Access: | http://revues.cirad.fr/index.php/REMVT/article/view/9959 |