International Conference on Trends in Agricultural Engineering, PRAGUE, Czech Republic, 15 - 17 September 1999, pp.362-363
In this study, an alternative pad material was searched against common cardboard pads which are used in evaporative cooling (fan-pad) of poultry houses. The evaporation efficiency values of pad materials and their effects on productivity of broilers such as; live weight gain, feed consumption, feed conversion, etc. were compared against each other.