Broiler chicken strains are delicate to heat stress primarily because of no sweat glands. During extreme weather condition, it is important to balance the heat in the poultry house by determining required ventilation rate and needs for supplemental heat. An experiment was carried...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2025/v8i2337
Poultry industry’s development in the past two decades and the need for increased animal protein sources in the hot regions of the world, require the need to develop housing system that is thermally controlled for optimal production. The research was carried out at Federal Univer...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2020/v10i317042
Introduction: Chickens in extensive and semi-intensive poultry production systems account for more than 75% of all poultry in the Southern Nigeria. Aims: To design, construct and test a thermal control solar heated poultry house. Methodology: Thermally controlled solar heated pou...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaar/2019/v11i330054