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| Nääs,Irenilza de Alencar; Paz,Ibiara Correia de Lima Almeida; Baracho,Marta dos Santos; Menezes,Adriana Gomes de; Lima,Karla Andrea Oliveira de; Bueno,Leda Gobbo de Freitas; Mollo Neto,Mario; Carvalho,Victor Ciaco de; Almeida,Ianê Correia de Lima; Souza,Anderson Luiz de. |
| Locomotion deficiencies in broiler production cause poor welfare and lead to change in drinking and feeding behavior with consequent loss in weight gain. This research aimed to assess locomotion deficiencies in broiler chicken by analyzing the vertical peak force on both feet during walk. A chamber was built with an inlet ramp, a horizontal walkway in the middle and an outlet ramp. In the walkway a thin mat with piezoelectric crystal sensors was placed to record the step vertical peak force of the feet while walking on the force platform. The measurement system consisted of a mat with electronic sensors and software that allowed real time recording of the forces and the processing and analysis of data. Footage was taken from two digital video cameras and... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Poultry production; Gait scoring; Feet force measurement; Welfare. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162010000200001 |
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| Brunassi,Leandro dos Anjos; Moura,Daniella Jorge de; Nääs,Irenilza de Alencar; Vale,Marcos Martinez do; Souza,Silvia Regina Lucas de; Lima,Karla Andrea Oliveira de; Carvalho,Thayla Morandi Ridolfi de; Bueno,Leda Gobbo de Freitas. |
| Production losses due to lack of precision in detecting estrus in dairy cows are well known and reported in milk production countries. Nowadays automatic estrus detection has become possible as a result of technical progress in continuously monitoring dairy cows using fuzzy pertinence functions. Dairy cow estrus is usually visually detected; however, solely use of visual detection is considered inefficient. Many studies have been carried out to develop an effective model to interpret the occurrence of estrus and detect estrus; however, most models present too many false-positive alerts and because of this they are sometimes considered unreliable. The objective of this research was to construct a system based on fuzzy inference functions evaluated with a... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Estrus cycle; Artificial intelligence; Expert system. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162010000500002 |
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| Moura,Daniella Jorge de; Bueno,Leda Globbo de Freitas; Lima,Karla Andrea Oliveira de; Carvalho,Thayla Morandi Ridolfi de; Maia,Ana Paula de Assis Maia. |
| To keep the position in being a world-wide exporter of chicken meat, Brazil must meet international quality standards, always seeking alternative resources of improvement, without increasing production costs, including litter quality, requirements of animal welfare and environment affairs, such as the use and reuse of broiler litter. Researches are performed in the areas of animal welfare, environment, animal behavior and use of modern climatization technology improving the quality of the environment created to raise broilers, also trying to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions and global warming in the environment, becoming a sustainable production system. This paper has a bibliographic revision of the subject mentioned above, intending to show a... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Broiler; Broiler litter; Electrical energy; Environment; Gas; Welfare. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982010001300034 |
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| Carvalho,Thayla Morandi Ridolfi de; Moura,Daniella Jorge de; Souza,Zigomar Menezes de; Souza,Gustavo Soares de; Bueno,Leda Gobbo de Freitas; Lima,Karla Andrea Oliveira de. |
| The objective of this research was to evaluate different minimum ventilation systems, in relation to air quality and thermal comfort using geostatistics in brooding phase. The minimum ventilation systems were: Blue House I: exhaust fans + curtain management (end of the building); Blue House II: exhaust fans + side curtain management; and Dark House: exhaust fans + flag. The climate variables evaluated were: dry bulb temperature, relative humidity, air velocity, carbon dioxide and ammonia concentration, during winter time, at 9 a.m., in 80 equidistant points in brooding area. Data were evaluated by geostatistic technique. The results indicate that Wider broiler houses (above 15.0 m width) present the greatest ammonia and humidity concentration. Blue House... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Air quality; Environment; Kriging; Poultry; Welfare. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982012000100028 |
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