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This study evaluated the formed microclimate commercial truck transport practices effects on the turkeys’ welfare by measuring Dead on Arrival (DOA) index and pale, soft, and exudative (PSE-like) meat occurrence. The experimental design was entirely randomized in a 6 × 2 factorial arrangements (two truck container compartments × six water shower groups) with birds positioned at superior front (SF), inferior front (IF), superior middle (SM), inferior middle (IM), superior rear (SR), and inferior rear (IR) and two bath treatments: with water shower (WiS) and without water shower (WoS) with eight replications for each treatment. The animals were transported for 95 min’ journey from the farm to the slaughterhouse under hot-humidity conditions. The results shown herein indicated the formation of a thermal core at the inferior middle and rear truck container regions, because the heat produced by the birds and the influence of developed microclimate consisting of temperature, relative humidity, and air ventilation. The IM and IR container compartments under the WoS treatment presented the highest (P < 0.01) numbers of PSE-like meat incidence and DOA index values compared with those located at the front under WiS treatment as the consequence of the altered to birds unbearable conditions within the container microclimate in transit. The formed microclimate during the commercial transport practices under hot-humidity conditions affected the bird’s welfare consequently turkey meat qualities.
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The authors acknowledge funding for this project by the CNPq Proc. 471609/2011-0. RHC was under CAPES and Fundação Araucária graduate scholarships. MRP, EII, and MS are CNPq Research Fellows. MS was also a Brazilian Senior Visiting Professor Scholar from CAPES.
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Carvalho, R.H., Honorato, D.C.B., Guarnieri, P.D. et al. Assessment of turkey vehicle container microclimate on transit during summer season conditions. Int J Biometeorol 62, 961–970 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-018-1498-2
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