One day-old chicks transport: Assessment of thermal profile in a tropical region
The aim of this study was to assess the thermal profile of truck with different levels of box placement during one day-old chicks transport. An experiment was conducted through monitoring of 11 transport loads. A acclimatized truck was used in this research, with maximum capacity of 630 one day-old...
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| author | Aérica C. Nazareno Iran J. O. da Silva Frederico M. C. Vieira Rofson F. S. Santos |
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| description | The aim of this study was to assess the thermal profile of truck with different levels of box placement during one day-old chicks transport. An experiment was conducted through monitoring of 11 transport loads. A acclimatized truck was used in this research, with maximum capacity of 630 one day-old chicks boxes, totalizing 63,000 animals. The assessment of thermal environment was performed in 5 min intervals, through the following variables: temperature, relative humidity and specific enthalpy. The treatments were registered at two levels of the load (first rack and floor) where 17 data loggers were distributed throughout the truck. The experiment used a completely randomized design and geostatistics was used for spatial dependency and Kriging interpolation. The microclimatic conditions of the truck were not as per recommended values, which confirm a heterogeneous distribution of heat and moisture in environment. Regarding the box positioning, the mean values of thermal variables associated with thermal comfort of one day-old chicks was found in the floor area. The most stressful environment for birds inside the truck was located in front and at the center of the truck. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4a0aa243ea7e4c0f9a3259b9331935762025-08-20T03:20:11ZengUniversidade Federal de Campina GrandeRevista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental1807-19292015-07-0119766366710.1590/1807-1929/agriambi.v19n7p663-667S1415-43662015000700663One day-old chicks transport: Assessment of thermal profile in a tropical regionAérica C. NazarenoIran J. O. da SilvaFrederico M. C. VieiraRofson F. S. SantosThe aim of this study was to assess the thermal profile of truck with different levels of box placement during one day-old chicks transport. An experiment was conducted through monitoring of 11 transport loads. A acclimatized truck was used in this research, with maximum capacity of 630 one day-old chicks boxes, totalizing 63,000 animals. The assessment of thermal environment was performed in 5 min intervals, through the following variables: temperature, relative humidity and specific enthalpy. The treatments were registered at two levels of the load (first rack and floor) where 17 data loggers were distributed throughout the truck. The experiment used a completely randomized design and geostatistics was used for spatial dependency and Kriging interpolation. The microclimatic conditions of the truck were not as per recommended values, which confirm a heterogeneous distribution of heat and moisture in environment. Regarding the box positioning, the mean values of thermal variables associated with thermal comfort of one day-old chicks was found in the floor area. The most stressful environment for birds inside the truck was located in front and at the center of the truck.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-43662015000700663&lng=en&tlng=enavicultura de corteconforto térmicocarga vivapintos de um diatransporte animal |
| spellingShingle | Aérica C. Nazareno Iran J. O. da Silva Frederico M. C. Vieira Rofson F. S. Santos One day-old chicks transport: Assessment of thermal profile in a tropical region Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental avicultura de corte conforto térmico carga viva pintos de um dia transporte animal |
| title | One day-old chicks transport: Assessment of thermal profile in a tropical region |
| title_full | One day-old chicks transport: Assessment of thermal profile in a tropical region |
| title_fullStr | One day-old chicks transport: Assessment of thermal profile in a tropical region |
| title_full_unstemmed | One day-old chicks transport: Assessment of thermal profile in a tropical region |
| title_short | One day-old chicks transport: Assessment of thermal profile in a tropical region |
| title_sort | one day old chicks transport assessment of thermal profile in a tropical region |
| topic | avicultura de corte conforto térmico carga viva pintos de um dia transporte animal |
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