The Influence of Side-Curtain Color on Broiler Chick Behavior

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dc.creatorR do A Vercellino
dc.creatorDJ de Moura
dc.creatorI de A Nääs
dc.creatorAP de A Maia
dc.creatorBBL Medeiros
dc.creatorDDA Salgado
dc.creatorTRM de Carvalho
dc.date2013
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:24:44Z
dc.descriptionBrazilian poultry production is prospering, and negative-pressure broiler houses are increasingly used to improve environmental control. One important issue is the color of the side curtains used in such houses due to the influence of colors on broiler behavior. This study aimed at evaluating the influence of different curtain color on the welfare of 7-day-old broilers, considering luminosity and other environmental parameters. Chicks were housed in three different negative-pressure broiler houses either with black (T1), blue (T2), or yellow (T3) side curtains. House environment (luminosity, dry-bulb temperature, air relative humidity, air velocity, and gas emissions) and the behavior of chicks on day 7 after housing were evaluated in three consecutive flocks in the morning and in the afternoon. Data were submitted to multivariate analysis, Kruskal-Wallis’ test, and Pearson’s correlation test. Luminosity and ITU were influenced by curtain color, and some of the evaluated behaviors were associated with luminosity or other environmental parameter.
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dc.identifier1516-635X
dc.identifierhttps://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=179728536002
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/433221
dc.languageen
dc.publisherFundação APINCO de Ciência e Tecnologia Avícolas
dc.relationhttp://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=1797
dc.rightsRevista Brasileira de Ciência Avícola
dc.sourceRevista Brasileira de Ciência Avícola (Brasil) Num.3 Vol.15
dc.subjectAgrociencias
dc.titleThe Influence of Side-Curtain Color on Broiler Chick Behavior
dc.typeartículo científico

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