Preliminary findings on seasonal heat stress of sheep

dc.contributor.author	Papanastasiou, DK	en
dc.contributor.author	Bartzanas, T	en
dc.contributor.author	Panagakis, P	en
dc.contributor.author	Kittas, C	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-06-06T06:51:59Z
dc.date.available	2014-06-06T06:51:59Z
dc.date.issued	2012	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://62.217.125.90/xmlui/handle/123456789/5804
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dc.subject	Heat stress	en
dc.subject	Sheep	en
dc.subject	Sheep barn	en
dc.subject	Temperature-humidity index	en
dc.subject	Welfare	en
dc.subject.other	Heat stress	en
dc.subject.other	Sheep	en
dc.subject.other	Sheep barn	en
dc.subject.other	Temperature humidity index	en
dc.subject.other	Welfare	en
dc.subject.other	Agriculture	en
dc.subject.other	Animals	en
dc.subject.other	Farm buildings	en
dc.subject.other	Thermal stress	en
dc.subject.other	Heating	en
dc.title	Preliminary findings on seasonal heat stress of sheep	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.publicationDate	2012	en
heal.abstract	This paper studies the heat stress conditions imposed onto sheep housed in a naturally ventilated sheep barn during the four seasons of a year. The barn is located near the east coast of central Greece. Heat stress is assessed by means of the hourly temperature-humidity index (THI). The analysis shows that animals were exposed to heat stress in 11%, 80% and 17% of spring, summer and autumn hours, respectively, whereas no heat stress was identified during winter. As expected, animals are more prone to severe heat stress during summer, as the daily maximum hourly values of THI remained higher than the extreme severe heat stress threshold (i.e. THI = 25.6) in 90% of the summer days. Additionally, THI remained higher than 25.6 during the vast majority of the summer daytime hours. Measures have to be taken so as to improve the indoor climate conditions and to alleviate animal's heat stress.	en
heal.journalName	ASABE - 9th International Livestock Environment Symposium 2012, ILES 2012	en
dc.identifier.spage	30	en
dc.identifier.epage	34	en