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Resilience of black-boned and Thai native chickens to heat stress: Implications of temperature-humidity index for sustainable egg production.
Poultry science - 1 Oct 2026
Promket Doungnapa, Pengmeesri Khanitta, Chankitisakul Vibuntita, Boonkum Wuttigrai
Abstract excerpt
As climate change intensifies, improving heat tolerance has become an important objective for sustaining poultry productivity in tropical and subtropical environments. This study evaluated the effects of the temperature-humidity index (THI) on monthly egg production and genetic parameters in black-boned and Thai native chickens, with an emphasis on identifying heat stress thresholds and genotype-specific...
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- Animals
- Chickens
- Thailand
- Female
- Humidity
- Hot Temperature
- Heat-Shock Response
