Turkey Wattle Temperature Response to Distinct Environmental Factors

ABSTRACT Rearing environmental conditions are important for turkey production, because this bird is particularly sensitive to heat stress. This study aimed at measuring the wattle temperature response of turkeys of three different ages (61, 96, and 131 days old) exposed to different combinations of...

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Үндсэн зохиолчид: AS Mendes, DJ Moura, GM Morello, TMR Carvalho, RR Sikorski
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Хэвлэсэн: Fundação APINCO de Ciência e Tecnologia Avícolas 2015-12-01
Цуврал:Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science
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author AS Mendes
DJ Moura
GM Morello
TMR Carvalho
RR Sikorski
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GM Morello
TMR Carvalho
RR Sikorski
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description ABSTRACT Rearing environmental conditions are important for turkey production, because this bird is particularly sensitive to heat stress. This study aimed at measuring the wattle temperature response of turkeys of three different ages (61, 96, and 131 days old) exposed to different combinations of dry bulb temperature, relative humidity, and wind speed ranges, as an indication of their physiological responses. The experiment was conducted with 42 male birds housed in a controlled environment chamber and exposed to different combinations of two air speed (WS) ranges (WS1 = 0.3-0.6 ms-1, considered low, and WS2 = 1.2-1.6 ms-1, considered high), dry bulb temperature (DBT) between 22 and 34 °C, and relative humidity (RH) between 40 to 90 %. The statistical analysis showed that WS, DBT, and RH significantly influenced wattle temperature of 61-d-old turkeys, while only WS and DBT influenced this response when turkeys were 96 days old. Furthermore, DBT was highly correlated with both low and high WS. In 131-day-old turkeys, WT response was virtually the same at both wind speed ranges when high DBT was applied. Turkey wattle temperature was influenced by wind speed, and was dependent on both environmental dry bulb temperature and relative humidity, as well as bird age.
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spelling doaj.art-ea5cf6e2f74f4c5980b6e64f77acf6bb2022-12-21T19:39:58ZengFundação APINCO de Ciência e Tecnologia AvícolasBrazilian Journal of Poultry Science1806-90612015-12-0117443944410.1590/1516-635X1704439-444S1516-635X2015000400439Turkey Wattle Temperature Response to Distinct Environmental FactorsAS MendesDJ MouraGM MorelloTMR CarvalhoRR SikorskiABSTRACT Rearing environmental conditions are important for turkey production, because this bird is particularly sensitive to heat stress. This study aimed at measuring the wattle temperature response of turkeys of three different ages (61, 96, and 131 days old) exposed to different combinations of dry bulb temperature, relative humidity, and wind speed ranges, as an indication of their physiological responses. The experiment was conducted with 42 male birds housed in a controlled environment chamber and exposed to different combinations of two air speed (WS) ranges (WS1 = 0.3-0.6 ms-1, considered low, and WS2 = 1.2-1.6 ms-1, considered high), dry bulb temperature (DBT) between 22 and 34 °C, and relative humidity (RH) between 40 to 90 %. The statistical analysis showed that WS, DBT, and RH significantly influenced wattle temperature of 61-d-old turkeys, while only WS and DBT influenced this response when turkeys were 96 days old. Furthermore, DBT was highly correlated with both low and high WS. In 131-day-old turkeys, WT response was virtually the same at both wind speed ranges when high DBT was applied. Turkey wattle temperature was influenced by wind speed, and was dependent on both environmental dry bulb temperature and relative humidity, as well as bird age.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2015000400439&lng=en&tlng=enWind speedthermal comfortrelative humidityenvironmental exposure
spellingShingle AS Mendes
DJ Moura
GM Morello
TMR Carvalho
RR Sikorski
Turkey Wattle Temperature Response to Distinct Environmental Factors
Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science
Wind speed
thermal comfort
relative humidity
environmental exposure
title Turkey Wattle Temperature Response to Distinct Environmental Factors
title_full Turkey Wattle Temperature Response to Distinct Environmental Factors
title_fullStr Turkey Wattle Temperature Response to Distinct Environmental Factors
title_full_unstemmed Turkey Wattle Temperature Response to Distinct Environmental Factors
title_short Turkey Wattle Temperature Response to Distinct Environmental Factors
title_sort turkey wattle temperature response to distinct environmental factors
topic Wind speed
thermal comfort
relative humidity
environmental exposure
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