Browsing by Author "Xin, H."

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    • Cooling laying hens by intermittent partial surface sprinkling 

      Chepete, H.J.; Xin, H. (American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, 2000)
      This study investigated the efficacy of intermittent partial surface sprinkling to cool caged layers at 20, 38, and 56 weeks of age. Ten birds were used per age group with two birds per paired trial (Experiment, Expt, and ...

    • Effects of post-weaning nutritional conditions on isowean pigs 

      Xin, H.; Harmon, J. D.; Dong, H.; Harris, D. L.; Chepete, H. J.; Ewan, R. C.; Gramer, M. L. (American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, 1999)
      This study quantifies the responses of isowean pigs to post-weaning nutritional conditions as may be encountered during extended shipment. PIC breeding stock pigs at 8 to 12 days of age (3.5 to 4.0 kg body weight) were ...

    • Heat and moisture production and minimum ventilation requirements of tom turkeys during brooding-growing period. 

      Xin, H.; Chepete, H. J.; Shao, J.; Sell, J. L. (American Society of Agricultural Engineers, 1998)
      Heat and moisture production rates of Nicholas tom turkeys raised under lab-scale commercial production settings were continually measured during a five-week brooding-growing period. Functions were established that relate ...