ABSTRACT Pain is considered a condition that most affect the welfare of animals and its measurement is seen as a difficult task. This research aimed to determine the level of pain in pigs by their vocalization. It was recorded the vocalizations of 20 male piglets under normal circumstances (I), marking by Australian method (II), tail trimming management (III), and castration (IV). A unidirectional microphone an...
ABSTRACT International trade in broiler’ feet, mainly to Asian markets, has demanded better quality control. The objective of this research was to study the suitability of using chicken footpad surface temperature to determine early lesions of pododermatitis. The project was conducted in two houses A1 and A2) in a commercial farm during one production flock. A1 had reused litter of wood shavings and rice hulls,...
This research aimed to compare two female broiler breeder ages during the incubation period regarding management using the Analytic Hierarchy Process method (AHP). This method is characterized by the possibility of analyzing a multicriteria problem and assists a decision making. This study was carried out on a commercial hatchery located in São Paulo, Brazil. Two ages of broiler breeder (42 and 56 weeks) were c...
Locomotor problems prevent the bird to move freely, jeopardizing the welfare and productivity, besides generating injuries on the legs of chickens. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of age, use of vitamin D, the asymmetry of limbs and gait score, the degree of leg injuries in broilers, using data mining. The analysis was performed on a data set obtained from a field experiment in which i...
Brazilian poultry production nowadays occupies important position in world's economy due to its technological advancement, which associated to the development of genetic strains of high growth may cause deviation in the growth rate and harm production. Morphological asymmetry has been pointed as an indicator of welfare, as maintained the pattern that leads to balance, the broiler chicken would have its normal l...
O bem-estar dos animais tem sido importante tópico de pesquisa na produção animal, principalmente no tocante às formas de sua avaliação. Na avaliação do bem-estar animal, a vocalização mostra-se como ferramenta interessante, por fornecer dados de forma não-invasiva, podendo também ser facilmente automatizada. O presente trabalho teve o objetivo de implementar algoritmo baseado em redes neurais artificiais, capa...
A qualidade do ar em ambientes de produção animal vem sendo referenciada como ponto de interesse em estudos de sistema de controle ambiental, focando tanto a saúde dos animais que vivem em total confinamento, quanto a dos trabalhadores. O objetivo do trabalho foi determinar a variação da qualidade da ambiência aérea em dois tipos de galpões criatórios de frangos de corte: convencional (Gc) e tipo túnel (Gt). Os...
O Brasil é um importante país exportador de carne de frango, e grande parte de seu destino são países com restrições específicas de alojamento, relacionadas ao bem-estar das aves. Um dos poluentes aéreos freqüentemente encontrados em altas concentrações nos aviários, principalmente em ambientes fechados, é a amônia. Existem evidências de que o bem-estar de frangos de corte pode ser comprometido pela exposição c...