DEVELOPMENT OF A PREFERENCE TEST CHAMBER

• Grant number: 09/09717-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: December 01, 2009
• End date: July 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agricultural Engineering - Rural Buildings and Ambience
• Principal Investigator: Daniella Jorge de Moura
• Grantee: Ana Paula de Assis Maia
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia Agrícola (FEAGRI). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project is part of the line of research in Agricultural Buildings Ambience inserted in the project on environmental study of broiler chickens. The objectives of this research project of doctorate is to design and construct an environmental preference test chamber that enables the user to manipulate the environmental conditions and monitor behavior and welfare of birds, and also validate the project conducting, after, two experiments to assess the behavior preference responses (related to the welfare)and performance of broiler chickens ahead for different environmental conditions, serving as the basis for a system of decision making. The main proposal of this work is to generate correlations between environmental variables to be studied, determining a new base of knowledge in Brazil linking the responses of performance and welfare of broiler chickens to the environment in which they are kept.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MAIA, ANA PAULA DE A.; MOURA, DANIELLA J.; GREEN, ANGELA R.; SILVA, WAGNER T.; SARUBBI, JULIANA; MASSARI, JULIANA M.; SOARES BARBOSA, LEONARDO VALENTINO. Design and testing of a novel environmental preference chamber. COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS IN AGRICULTURE, v. 157, p. 23-37, FEB 2019. (09/10552-5, 09/09717-0)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

MAIA, Ana Paula de Assis. Development of a preference test chamber. 2014. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Engenharia Agrícola Campinas, SP.