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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Main Authors: M. Pérez, V. De Basilio, Y. Colina, Y. Oliveros, S. Yahav, M. Picard, D. Bastianelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CIRAD 2006-01-01
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