Alternative form to obtain the black globe temperature from environmental variables

Assessment of spatial variability of environmental conditions in different swine production typologies in tropical conditions

“…The reference values adopted by various authors to determine the comfort or discomfort condition were used such us: Amaral et al (2020), Zanetoni et al (2019), Damasceno et al (2019), de Oliveira Júnior et al (2018), Zonderland et al (2008). Also, reference values for temperature and relative humidity, recommended to prevent the pig from being in a stress condition in its different physiological stages, are established (Tables 3 and 4).…”