Thermal comfort on Subtropical and Mediterranean climate analyzing some physiological data through fuzzy theory/Conforto termico de bovinos leiteiros confinados em clima subtropical e mediterraneo pela analise de parametros fisiologicos utilizando a teoria dos conjuntos fuzzy

The objective of this study was to model and evaluate, through fuzzy logic, the level of thermal comfort experienced by housed animals as a function of their physiologic variables of rectal temperature (RT) and breath rate (BR), and setting their critical thresholds. The database was setup using two...

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Veröffentlicht in:Ciência rural 2009-08, Vol.39 (5), p.1492
Hauptverfasser: Perissinotto, Mauricio, Moura, Daniella Jorge, Cruz, Vasco Fitas, de Souza, Silvia Regina Lucas, de Lima, Karla Andrea Oliveira, Mendes, Angelica Signor
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Zusammenfassung:The objective of this study was to model and evaluate, through fuzzy logic, the level of thermal comfort experienced by housed animals as a function of their physiologic variables of rectal temperature (RT) and breath rate (BR), and setting their critical thresholds. The database was setup using two distinct environments: Subtropical climate (Sao Pedro area, Brazil) and mediterranean climate (Evora area, Portugal). Holstein cows temperature and breath rates were obtained in order to build a physiologic parameters database. meteorological data of environment temperature and air relative humidity were obtained for physical analysis during a 24 hours interval every 30 minutes. Data minning techniques were used for the initial data analysis aiming to build a decision making three and the further construction of rule database. For that, the computational program WEKA® was used. The results obtained were applied for the fuzzy logic application, using the Fuzzy Logic Toolbox do MATLAB® 6.1 software, according to AMENDOLA et al. (2005b). The use of this tool allowed the establishment of thermal comfort parameters for total confined Holsteins cows.
ISSN:0103-8478