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Federici JF, Vanderhasselt R, Sans ECO, Tuyttens FAM, Souza APO, Molento CFM. Assessment of Broiler Chicken Welfare in Southern Brazil. Rev Bras Cienc Avic 2016. [DOI: 10.1590/18069061-2015-0022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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- Federal University of Paraná, Brazil
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- Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Belgium; Ghent University, Belgium
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- Federal University of Paraná, Brazil
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- ECO Sans
- Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
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Vanderhasselt RF, Goethals K, Buijs S, Federici JF, Sans ECO, Molento CFM, Duchateau L, Tuyttens FAM. Performance of an animal-based test of thirst in commercial broiler chicken farms. Poult Sci 2014; 93:1327-36. [PMID: 24879682 DOI: 10.3382/ps.2013-03720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Animal-based measures of thirst are currently absent from animal welfare monitoring schemes due to the lack of a well-validated indicator applicable for on-farm use. In the present study, an on-farm test based on voluntary water consumption from an unfamiliar open drinker was validated in a (semi-)commercial setting. To investigate the effect of thirst on water consumption, we subjected 4 flocks of 1,500 broilers to either 0 or 12 h of water deprivation and subsequently measured the amount of water that small subgroups consumed after the deprivation period (first experiment). Broilers that were water deprived before the test drank more than control broilers (P < 0.001). In a second experiment, a similar test was performed using 20 commercial broiler flocks in Belgium and Brazil. After a pretreatment water consumption test, the birds were subjected to 0 or 6 h of water deprivation, and a posttreatment water consumption test was conducted. Only in Brazil, deprived birds drank significantly more than controls in the posttreatment water consumption test (P < 0.001). A tendency for a difference was found in Belgium (P = 0.083). Pre- and posttreatment water consumption was higher in Brazil than in Belgium (P < 0.001). Stocking density and temperature influenced, respectively, the pretreatment and the control's posttreatment water consumption in Brazil, but not in Belgium. These results indicate that the water consumption test is sufficiently sensitive to discriminate between control and 12 h deprived flocks, and in Brazil even between control and 6 h deprived birds. The location of the test within the house did not affect the amount of water consumed in either experiment, suggesting that this variable does not have to be standardized. However, the amount of water consumed by broilers able to drink freely for a long period depended on indoor climatic variables (in Brazil only) and possibly genotype. This suggests that these variables need to be considered when interpreting the test outcome in terms of the thirst level experienced by the broilers.
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- R F Vanderhasselt
- Animal Sciences Unit, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO), Scheldeweg 68, B-9090 Melle, Belgium
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Animal Sciences Unit, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO), Scheldeweg 68, B-9090 Melle, Belgium
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- Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Paraná, R. dos Funcionários, 1540 CEP 80035-050, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Paraná, R. dos Funcionários, 1540 CEP 80035-050, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Paraná, R. dos Funcionários, 1540 CEP 80035-050, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Animal Sciences Unit, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO), Scheldeweg 68, B-9090 Melle, Belgium Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
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Federici JF, Guzelsu N, Lim HC, Jannuzzi G, Findley T, Chaudhry HR, Ritter AB. Noninvasive light-reflection technique for measuring soft-tissue stretch. Appl Opt 1999; 38:6653-6660. [PMID: 18324202 DOI: 10.1364/ao.38.006653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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A novel, to our knowledge, sensor for measuring the stretch in soft tissues such as skin is described. The technique, which is a modification of two-dimensional polarization imaging, uses changes in the reflectivity of polarized light as a monitor of skin stretch. Measurements show that the reflectivity increases with stretch. Measurements were made on guinea pig skin and on nonbiological materials. The changes in reflectivity result from the changes that take place in the interface roughness between skin or material layers and the consequential changes in the diffuse reflective characteristics of the skin. Conceptually, as the roughness of an interface decreases, a smoother reflecting interface is produced, resulting in a commensurate increase in specular reflection. A simple roughness model correctly predicts the main experimental results. Results can be extended easily to real-time stretch analysis of large tissue areas that would be applicable for predicting stresses in skin during and after the surgical closure of wounds.
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- J F Federici
- Department of Physics, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey 07102, USA.
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Federici JF, Chew D, Welker B, Savin W, Gutierrez-Solana J, Fink T, Wilber W. Defect mechanism of photoinduced superconductivity in YBa2Cu3O6+x. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1995; 52:15592-15597. [PMID: 9980920 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.52.15592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Vengsarkar AM, Digiovanni DJ, Walker KL, Federici JF. Annular erbium-ion distribution for ruggedized optical fiber amplifiers. Opt Lett 1993; 18:1165. [PMID: 19823322 DOI: 10.1364/ol.18.001165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Federici JF, Greene BI, Saeta PN, Dykaar DR, Sharifi F, Dynes RC. Direct picosecond measurement of photoinduced Cooper-pair breaking in lead. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1992; 46:11153-11156. [PMID: 10002986 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.46.11153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Federici JF, Valeo EJ. Four-wave mixing and phase conjugation in plasmas using ionization nonlinearities. Phys Rev A 1991; 44:5158-5172. [PMID: 9906570 DOI: 10.1103/physreva.44.5158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Federici JF, Greene BI, Rapkine DH, Orenstein J. Thermally activated infrared-active vibrational mode in BaBiO3. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1991; 43:8617-8619. [PMID: 9996498 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.43.8617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Greene BI, Federici JF, Dykaar DR, Levi AF, Pfeiffer L. Picosecond pump and probe spectroscopy utilizing freely propagating terahertz radiation. Opt Lett 1991; 16:48-49. [PMID: 19773833 DOI: 10.1364/ol.16.000048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We demonstrate the feasibility of scaling up a terahertz-pulse generation scheme for use with a 10-Hz amplified femtosecond laser system. Visible pulsed excitation combined with a far-infrared probe should prove to be a powerful picosecond time-resolved technique.
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Federici JF, Greene BI, Hartford EH, Hellman ES. Optical characterization of excited states in BaBiO3. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1990; 42:923-926. [PMID: 9994618 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.42.923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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