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THE USE OF VOCALIZATION SIGNALS TO ESTIMATE THE LEVEL OF PAIN IN PIGLETS
Cordeiro,Alexandra F. da S.; Nääs,Irenilza de A.; Baracho,Marta dos S.; Jacob,Flávia G.; Moura,Daniella J. deABSTRACT 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...
DEVELOPMENT OF A TRANSFER FUNCTION FOR WEIGHT PREDICTION OF LIVE BROILER CHICKE...
Amraei,Somaye; Mehdizadeh,Saman A.; Nääs,Irenilza de A.ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to process digital images to investigate the possibility of broilers body weight estimation based on the dynamic model. For this experiment, 2440 images were recorded by a top-view camera from 30 birds. An ellipse fitting algorithm was applied to localize chickens within the pen, by using a generalized Hough transform. Chickens’ head and tail were removed efficiently usi...
The use of infrared thermography in the identification of pododermatitis in bro...
Jacob,Flavia G.; Baracho,Marta dos S.; Nääs,Irenilza de A.; Souza,Rafael; Salgado,Douglas D’AlessandroABSTRACT 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,...
Effect of a simulated heat wave in thermal and aerial environment broiler-reari...
Vale,Marcos M. do; Moura,Daniella J. de; Nääs,Irenilza de A.; Curi,Thayla M. R. C.; Lima,Karla A. O.ABSTRACT Global warming increases the occurrence of events such as extreme heat waves. Research on thermal and air conditions affecting broiler-rearing environment are important to evaluate the animal welfare under extreme heat aiming mitigation measures. This study aimed at evaluating the effect of a simulated heat wave, in a climatic chamber, on the thermal and air environment of 42-day-old broilers. One hund...
Identification of acoustic parameters for broiler welfare estimate
Pereira,Erica M.; Nääs,Irenilza de A.; Garcia,Rodrigo G.Estimates of broiler welfare have subjective character. Nowadays, researchers seek non-invasive features or indicators that may describe this condition in animal production. The aim of this study was to identify acoustic parameters to estimate broiler welfare using the following five vocalization acoustic parameters: energy, spectral centroid, bandwidth, first formant, and second formant. The database that gene...
Impact of different light sources on broiler rearing environment
Lima,Karla A. O.; Nääs,Irenilza de A.; Garcia,Rodrigo G.; Borille,Rodrigo; Caldara,Fabiana R.Broiler production is highly dependent on the use of artificial light. The light source may affect the effectiveness of housing conditions due to increasing ambient temperature and concentration of noxious gases. This research aimed to evaluate the effects of different bulb types on the thermal, aerial, and acoustic environment of broiler aviaries. The experiment was carried out at a commercial broiler farm in ...
Integrated multivariate analysis to evaluate effects of pre-slaughter handling ...
Machado,Sivanilza T.; Santos,Rodrigo C.; Caldara,Fabiana R.; Gonçalves,Manoel C.; Nääs,Irenilza de A.The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of pre-slaughter handling on the occurrence of PSE (Pale, Soft, and Exudative) meat in swine slaughtered at a commercial slaughterhouse located in the metropolitan region of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Based on the database (n=1,832 carcasses), it was possible to apply the integrated multivariate analysis for the purpose of identifying, among the sel...
Vocalization data mining for estimating swine stress conditions
Moi,Marta; Nääs,Irenilza de A.; Caldara,Fabiana R.; Paz,Ibiara C. de L. Almeida; Garcia,Rodrigo G.; Cordeiro,Alexandra F. S.This study aimed to identify differences in swine vocalization pattern according to animal gender and different stress conditions. A total of 150 barrow males and 150 females (Dalland® genetic strain), aged 100 days, were used in the experiment. Pigs were exposed to different stressful situations: thirst (no access to water), hunger (no access to food), and thermal stress (THI exceeding 74). For the control tre...
Preventive diagnosis of dairy cow lameness
Mollo Neto,Mario; Nääs,Irenilza de A.; Carvalho,Victor C. de; Conceição,Antonio H. Q.This research aimed to develop a Fuzzy inference based on expert system to help preventing lameness in dairy cattle. Hoof length, nutritional parameters and floor material properties (roughness) were used to build the Fuzzy inference system. The expert system architecture was defined using Unified Modelling Language (UML). Data were collected in a commercial dairy herd using two different subgroups (H1 and H2),...
Heat loss in one day old pullets inside a hatchery
Nääs,Irenilza de A.; Graciano,Daniela E.; Garcia,Rodrigo G.; Santana,Mayara R. de; Neves,Diego P.After hatching, pullets are transported to brooding area and vaccinated. One day old chicks have not already developed thermoregulation ability; thus, brooding temperature variations may affect pullet quality leading to broiler meat production losses. This research aimed to calculate sensible heat loss in one day old pullets in hatching area and vaccination room. Ten one day old pullets were randomly selected f...