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Changing Seasons: Cooler Fall Temperatures Challenge Poultry Growers’ Management Skills
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Abstract
As summer temperatures at last give way to the cyclic up-and-down climate rhythm of early fall and the soon-to-follow cold days and even colder nights of winter, the cooler temperatures associated with changing seasons always challenge the ventilation management skills of even the best Tennessee poultry producers. Adequate ventilation is often a balancing act between increased gas use and growing birds too cool because feed used for body maintenance cannot be used for growth.