Stanford, v.9, pp. 111 â 117. MAUCK, B., BILGMANN, K., JONES, D. D., EYSEL, U., DEHNHARDT, G. (2003). Thermal windows on the trunk of hauled-out seals: ...
C2012 - Salvador - Bahia - Brazil • 5 - 9 August - 2012
Book of Abstracts
VISUALIZATION OF BODY THERMOREGULATION OF JAPANESE QUAIL (Coturnix coturnix japonica) BY INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY Janio Lopes Torquato1; Geovan Figueirêdo de Sá Filho1; João Batista Freire de Souza Junior1; Hérica Girlane Tertulino Domingos1; Maiko Roberto Tavares Dantas1; Leonardo Lelis de Macedo Costa1 1
Dept. of Animal Sciences, Federal University of Semiarid, Brazil
ABSTRACT The use of infrared thermography has been widely used to measure the surface temperature of animals and humans. Information on which the contribution of each body region in thermoregulation of quail at different temperatures is required. Thus, this study aimed to visualize the body thermoregulation in quails by infrared thermography. The study was conducted at Laboratório de Biometeorologia e Bem-Estar Animal, from Mossoró, Brazil, where were used 10 adult quail in a controlled environment. The air temperature (TA) was divided into three classes: Class 1 TA (22°C). Were measured cloacal temperature (TC) and surface temperature (TS) in three regions (legs, face and feathers) using a thermographic camera (550 thermal images). Analysis of variance was performed by the method of least squares and comparison of means by Tukey-Kramer. The results showed significant effect of TA class for TS measured in different regions (P
