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| Ahmad,S; Ahsan-ul-Haq,; Yousaf,M; Kamran,Z; Ata-ur-Rehman,; Sohail,MU; Shahid-ur-Rahman,. |
| The present study was conducted to evaluate the effects of feeding whole linseed on the laying performance and egg characteristics in laying hens kept at high ambient environmental temperatures (average 34 ºC; the diurnal temperature range 26 ºC to 41 ºC). Two hundred and forty 38-wk-old white Leghorn laying hens were fed diets containing 0, 5, 10 or 15% whole linseed (as a source of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids) for a period of 12 weeks. Egg production was recorded daily, while feed intake and egg characteristics were monitored on weekly basis. The results of the study demonstrated that egg production and feed intake decreased, while feed conversion ratio (FCR) per dozen of eggs increased (p < 0.05) with increasing dietary linseed levels. Egg... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Linseed; N-3 PUFA; Laying hens; Hot climate; Performance. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2013000100004 |
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| Arcidiacono, Claudia. |
| Heat stress in animal housing is one of the drivers affecting animal productivity and welfare in hot climates, and causing consequent reduced profits for the farmers. The main challenges that livestock breeding faces in hot climates regards how to foster, improve, and assess methods and strategies for animal heat stress abatement. Research studies in this field have generally proposed modifications in herd management and in feeding strategies, breed selection, and engineered solutions aimed at exploiting heat transmission phenomena. In this paper, the most recent engineered solutions for animal heat stress abatement in livestock buildings have been reviewed and described; they have involved new building and ventilation design and modelling, and improved... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Rural buildings livestock buildings; Design; Modelling; Ventilation; Hot climate. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://www.cigrjournal.org/index.php/Ejounral/article/view/4705 |
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| Papanastasiou, Dimitris K.; Panagakis, Panagiotis; Anestis, Vasileios; Bartzanas, Thomas; Skoufos, Ioannis; Tzora, Athina; Kittas, Constantinos. |
| The aim of this study was to examine climate conditions, air quality, potential heat stress and their relations in a sheep barn under Greek hot weather conditions. Hourly averaged values of temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and coarse and fine airborne Particulate Matter (PM) concentration recorded inside and outside a naturally ventilated sheep barn during July, August and September of 2015 were used. Indoors potential heat-stress levels were assessed by means of the Temperature Humidity Index (THI). Descriptive statistics were presented and relations between the environmental parameters and the THI values were investigated. The results showed that inside the sheep barn, THI was positively correlated (p < 0.0001) with temperature and wind... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Hot climate; Air quality; Particulate matter; Heat-stress; Temperature Humidity Index; Sheep. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://www.cigrjournal.org/index.php/Ejounral/article/view/4913 |
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