Adjust of regression models to estimate the rectal temperature of broilers for the first 14 days of life

Engenharia Agrícola

Patrícia F. Ponciano²  Tadayuki Yanagi Junior²  Renato R. De Lima¹  Leonardo Schiassi¹  Vitor H. Teixeira² 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de Lavras Departamento de Engenharia Lavras MG

关键词: thermal environment;    poultry;    thermal comfort;    mathematical modeling;    physiological responses;    ambiente térmico;    avicultura;    conforto térmico;    modelagem matemática;    respostas fisiológicas;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-69162012000100002

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The broiler rectal temperature (t rectal) 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 (t rectal) of broiler chickens under different thermal conditions based on age (A) and a meteorological variable (air temperature - t air) 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 t rectal intervals for each age, the comfort limits of t air, 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 t rectal of conditions from the expected t rectal 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.

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