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A correct enthalpy relationship as thermal comfort index for livestock
Abstract
Researchers working with thermal comfort have been using enthalpy to measure thermal energy inside rural facilities, establishing indicator values for many situations of thermal comfort and heat stress. This variable turned out to be helpful in analyzing thermal exchange in livestock systems. The animals are exposed to an environment which is decisive for the thermoregulatory process, and, consequently, the reactions reflect states of thermal comfort or heat stress, the last being responsable for problems of sanity, behavior and productivity. There are researchers using enthalpy as a qualitative indicator of thermal environment of livestock such as poultry, cattle and hogs in tropical regions. This preliminary work intends to check different enthalpy equations using information from classical thermodynamics, and proposes a direct equation as thermal comfort index for livestock systems.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Rodrigues, V. C., da Silva, I. J. O., Vieira, F. M. C., & Nascimento, S. T.
- Affiliations
- Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
- Corresponding author
- Rodrigues, Valéria Cristina
- Venue
- International Journal of Biometeorology
- Published
- 2010-07-07
- Volume
- 55
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 455-459
- ISSN
- 0020-7128 (ISSN-L)
- 1432-1254
- OpenAlex
- W1989622105
- Cited by
- 135
- References
- 13
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- FWCI
- 7.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- International Journal of Biometeorology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Scientific Electronic Library Online (São Paulo Research Foundation, Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico) (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Building and Construction › Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Thermoregulation and physiological responses
- Keywords
- enthalpy, thermal comfort index, livestock, heat stress, thermoregulation, thermal environment, poultry, cattle, pigs
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Body Temperature Regulation, Cattle, Hot Temperature, Poultry, Stress, Physiological, Swine, Thermosensing, Thermodynamics, Livestock
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