Livestock Energetics and Thermal Environment Management

  • Livestock Energetics and Thermal Environmental Management
    Citation:   Published in Livestock Energetics and Thermal Environmental Management Foreword, Front Matter, Index ( Copyright 2009 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers )
    Authors:   James A. DeShazer
    Keywords:   
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.28302
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  • Chapter 1: Basic Principles of the Thermal Environment and Livestock Energetics
    Citation:   Published in Livestock Energetics and Thermal Environmental Management Chapter 1, pp. 1-22 ( Copyright 2009 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers)
    Authors:   James A. DeShazer, G. LeRoy Hahn, Hongwei Xin
    Keywords:   Introduction, Characterization of Livestock Responses to Thermal Environments, Thermal Exchange and Animal Responses, Driving Forces for Heat Exchange Gradients, Air Temperature, Contact Temperature, Radiant Temperatures, Vapor Pressure, Modifiers to Driv
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.28294
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  • Chapter 2: Thermoregulatory Physiology
    Citation:   Published in Livestock Energetics and Thermal Environmental Management Chapter 2, pp. 23-48 ( Copyright 2009 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers)
    Authors:   Peter E. Hillman
    Keywords:   Introduction, Evolutionary Strategies, Zone of Least Thermoregulatory Effort, Behavioral Responses to Heat Stress, Physiological Responses to Heat Stress, Cutaneous Evaporative Heat Loss, Cutaneous Water Loss in Poultry, Effect of Solar Radiation on Sweat
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.28295
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  • Chapter 3: Energetics of Biological Processes
    Citation:   Published in Livestock Energetics and Thermal Environmental Management Chapter 3, pp. 49-71 ( Copyright 2009 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers )
    Authors:   James A. DeShazer, Jong-Tseng Yen
    Keywords:   Thermodynamics of Biological Processes, Energy Balance in Livestock, Application of Thermodynamics, Distribution of Energy from Feed, Energy Use, Practical Considerations, Effective Temperature, Social, Surroundings, Role of Nutrition, Physical Processing
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.28296
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  • Chapter 4: Measuring Energetics of Biological Processes
    Citation:   Published in Livestock Energetics and Thermal Environmental Management Chapter 4, pp. 73-112 ( Copyright 2009 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers )
    Authors:   John A. Nienaber, James A. DeShazer, Hongwei Xin, Peter Hillman, Jong-Tseng Yen, Calvin F. Ferrell
    Keywords:   Introduction, Direct Calorimetry, Respiration Calorimeter, Gradient Layer Calorimeter, Spot Calorimetry, Latent Heat Loss Measurement, Direct Calorimetry Data Interpretation Cautions, Indirect Calorimetry, Basic Principles, Metabolic Heat Production, Airf
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.28297
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  • Chapter 5: Thermal Indices and Their Applications for Livestock Environments
    Citation:   Published in Livestock Energetics and Thermal Environmental Management Chapter 5, pp. 113-130 ( Copyright 2009 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers )
    Authors:   G. LeRoy Hahn, John B. Gaughan, Terry L. Mader, Roger A. Eigenberg
    Keywords:   Introduction, The Development of Thermal Indices for Animals, Indices Related to Animal Responses, Indices Based on Wet- and Dry-Bulb Temperatures, The Temperature-Humidity Index, Modifications to the THI, Other Approaches to the Development of Thermal In
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.28298
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  • Chapter 6: Instrumentation for Research and Management in Animal Agriculture
    Citation:   Published in Livestock Energetics and Thermal Environmental Management Chapter 6, pp. 131-149 ( Copyright 2009 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers ).
    Authors:   Roger A. Eigenberg, Ray A. Bucklin, Tami M. Brown-Brandl
    Keywords:   Introduction, Physiological Measurements, Body Temperature, Rectal Temperature, Tympanic Temperature, Vaginal Temperature, Digestive Tract Temperature, Implanted Sensors, Respiration, Automated Monitoring of Respiration Rate in Cattle, Automated Monitorin
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.28299
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  • Chapter 7: Modeling of Animal Bioenergetics for Environmental Management Applications
    Citation:   Published in Livestock Energetics and Thermal Environmental Management Chapter 7, pp. 151-179 ( Copyright 2009 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers )
    Authors:   Thomas C. Bridges, Richard S. Gates
    Keywords:   Introduction, Overview of Biological Thermal Production Models, Empirical Approaches, Mechanistic Approaches, Swine, Poultry, Cattle, Physiological Models, Swine, Beef Cattle, Applications of Biological Thermal Production Models, Environmental System Desi
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.28300
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  • Chapter 8: Environmental Management
    Citation:   Published in Livestock Energetics and Thermal Environmental Management Chapter 8, pp. 181-209 ( Copyright 2009 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers )
    Authors:   Richard R. Stowell, Terry L. Mader, John B. Gaughan
    Keywords:   Overview, Buffered Environments, Air Exchange via Ventilation, Advection of Heat and Moisture, Natural Ventilation Systems, Mechanical Ventilation Systems, Hybrid Ventilation Systems, Management of Air Exchange, Reducing Solar Heat Load, Shade, Reflective
    DOI:   10.13031/2013.28301
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