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Criterion for Operation of Fans to Reduce Heat Stress of Hanwoo  

Lee, Seung-Joo (Dept. of Biosystems Machinery Engineering, Chungnam National Univ.)
Gutierrez, Winson M. (Dept. of Animal Sci. Gyeongsang National Univ.(Insti. of Agric. & Life Sci.))
Chang, Hong-Hee (Dept. of Animal Sci. Gyeongsang National Univ.(Insti. of Agric. & Life Sci.))
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Journal of agriculture & life science / v.46, no.2, 2012 , pp. 101-106 More about this Journal
Abstract
Fans have been used to reduce heat stress of Hanwoo in summer, but a criterion to determine to operate or not operate them has not been developed yet. Therefore, this study was carried out to establish a criterion of fan operation to reduce heat stress of Hanwoo in summer. Respiration rate of Hanwoo, air temperature, wind speed and relative humidity were collected from Hanwoo farms in summer, 2010 and these data were used to analyze relationship between respiration rate and air temperature, relationship between respiration rate and wind speed, and relationship between respiration rate and relative humidity and so on. The results of this study that air temperature when is over $23^{\circ}C$ and wind speed is below 0.8 m/s affected the respiration rate of Hanwoo. On the other hand, relative humidity did not affect the respiration rate when is below 60%. The results of this study recommend that fans should be operated to reduce the heat stress of Hanwoo, when only air temperature in farm is over $23^{\circ}C$.
Keywords
Hanwoo; Heat stress; Fan; Operation; Criterion;
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