ABSTRACT The aim of this research was to evaluate the performance of Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica), with 94 (+49) days of age, through the production and quality of the eggs, with the birds kept in environments illuminated with LED lamps in the colors white, blue and red. The experimental design was a completely randomized design with three treatments (lamp colors) and seven replications. In the three environments, the relative air temperature averages can be considered above the thermal comfort zone for quails; however, the black globe temperature index, humidity and the thermal radiation load can be considered comfortable. The laying percentage of the birds kept under white LED was inferior to those maintained in the red LED. The feed intake, the feed conversion, the average weight and the egg quality were not affected by the different lamp colors (P <0.05) or by the climatic indexes that were within the average for the species, and these lamps could be used in the production of quail eggs.

O trabalho teve o objetivo de avaliar a preferência e o consumo de água por caprinos nativos no semiárido brasileiro, fornecida à vontade, em baldes individuais, sendo um exposto ao sol e outro à sombra. O experimento foi realizado, utilizado-se de 18 animais das raça Moxotó, Graúna e Azul, com peso vivo médio de 16,6 ± 2,4 kg, mantidos em confinamento, em baias individuais, providas de comedouro e bebedouro, durante o período de janeiro a março de 2009. A temperatura da água foi medida através de sensores (termopares tipo T - cobre/constantan), que estavam acoplados a um sistema de aquisição de dados. Observou-se que a temperatura média da água exposta ao sol foi de 29,02 ºC, e à sombra, de 23,85 ºC. Para todas as raças, houve preferência pela água exposta ao sol, correspondendo a um consumo médio de 64,71% do total. Entre as raças, a maior preferência pela água exposta ao sol foi da Azul (71,18%), seguida da Moxotó (65,95%) e Graúna (57,00%). Os animais consumiram mais água no período diurno, sendo o consumo médio de 1.150 gramas dia-1, correspondendo a 6,9% do peso vivo dos animais.

This work aimed to evaluate the preference and water consumption of native goats in the semiarid of Brazil. The water was freely supplied, in individual buckets, one exposed to the sun and the other in the shade. The experiment was realized using 18 animals of Moxotó, Graúna and Azul breeds, with average weight of 16,6 ± 2,4 kg, kept in confinement in individual stalls equipped with feeders and drinkers, during the period from January to February of 2009. The water temperature was measured by sensors (thermocouples type T - copper/constantan), which were coupled to a system of data acquisition. It was observed that the average water temperature exposed to the sun was 29.02 ºC, and 23.85 ºC in the shade. For all breeds there was a preference for the water exposed to the sun, corresponding to an average consumption of 64.71% of the total. Among the breeds, the greatest preference for water exposed to the sun was the Azul (71.18%), followed by the Moxotó (65.95%) and the Graúna (57.00%). The animals consumed more water during the day, and the average water consumption was 1.15 grams day-1, corresponding to 6.9 % of body weight of the animals.

Através do presente trabalho, objetivou-se determinar os parâmetros fisiológicos e produtivos e os índices de conforto térmico em ovinos da raça Santa Inês, criados em dois apriscos, um coberto com telha de barro (TBA) e o outro com telha de fibrocimento (TFC), no município de São João do Cariri, nos meses de agosto a outubro de 2003. Utilizaram-se 20 animais machos, castrados e distribuídos em baias individuais. Os índices ambientais analisados foram a temperatura ambiente, do globo negro, umidade relativa do ar, velocidade do vento, índice de temperatura do globo negro e umidade e carga térmica de radiação. Os índices fisiológicos se referem à temperatura retal (TR) e à freqüência respiratória (FR) e os índices produtivos, o ganho de peso, conversão alimentar e consumo de matéria seca. Os apriscos com TBA e TFC não apresentaram diferença significativa nos índices de conforto térmico, no período da manhã nem da tarde. Comparando-se esses períodos, observou-se aumento nos índices para o período da tarde. Os animais conseguiram manter a TR dentro dos limites normais e apresentaram, no período da tarde, uma FR superior às encontradas pela manhã, sendo que os índices produtivos não variaram entre os sistemas analisados e foram considerados satisfatórios.

The objetive of this work was to determine physiological and productive parameters and the thermal comfort indices in "Santa Inês" breed of sheep created in two different shelters, one being covered with clay tile (TBA) and the other covered with cement fiber tiles (TFC), in the municipality of São João do Cariri, Paraíba State, Brazil, during the months of August to October 2003. Twenty castrated male sheeps were distributed in individual bays. The environmental indices analyzed were the temperature and humidity of the black globe index and the thermal charge of radiation index. The data used were the air temperature, black globe temperature, relative humidity and wind velocity. The physiological indices reffered were the rectal temperature (TR) and the respiratory frequency (FR) and the production indices refered were the weight gain, food conversion and the dry matter consumption. The shelters with TBA and TFC did not present significant differences in indices of thermal comfort, neither in the morning nor in the evening periods. There was a little increase in the indices during the evening period. The animals could maintain a TR within the normal limits and during the evening period the FR was higher than that in the morning. The production indices did not vary between the systems analyzed and were considered satisfactory.