Assessment of turkey vehicle container microclimate on transit during summer season conditions

Autor: Rafael H. Carvalho, Mayka Reghiany Pedrão, Danielle C. B. Honorato, Elza Iouko Ida, Paulo D. Guarnieri, Adriana Lourenço Soares, Fernanda G. Paião, Alexandre Oba, Massami Shimokomaki
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: International Journal of Biometeorology. 62:961-970
ISSN: 1432-1254
0020-7128
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-018-1498-2
Popis: This study evaluated the formed microclimate commercial truck transport practices effects on the turkeys’ welfare by measuring Dead on Arrival (DOA) index and pale, soft, and exudative (PSE-like) meat occurrence. The experimental design was entirely randomized in a 6 × 2 factorial arrangements (two truck container compartments × six water shower groups) with birds positioned at superior front (SF), inferior front (IF), superior middle (SM), inferior middle (IM), superior rear (SR), and inferior rear (IR) and two bath treatments: with water shower (WiS) and without water shower (WoS) with eight replications for each treatment. The animals were transported for 95 min’ journey from the farm to the slaughterhouse under hot-humidity conditions. The results shown herein indicated the formation of a thermal core at the inferior middle and rear truck container regions, because the heat produced by the birds and the influence of developed microclimate consisting of temperature, relative humidity, and air ventilation. The IM and IR container compartments under the WoS treatment presented the highest (P
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