From: Growth resilience to weather variation in commercial free-ranging chickens in Ethiopia
 | P | ˄ | ˅ | M | µ (SE) | σ | CV% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Weekly mean | Maximum daily temperature | 22 (oC) | 1.52 | 2.82 | 2.21 | 2.20 (0.01) | 0.20 | 9.2 |
26 (oC) | 1.23 | 2.79 | 1.99 | 1.99 (0.01) | 0.23 | 11.4 | ||
Minimum daily temperature | 8 (oC) | 0.33 | 1.67 | 0.95 | 0.95 (0.01) | 0.21 | 21.9 | |
11 (oC) | 0.12 | 0.59 | 0.34 | 0.34 (< 0.01) | 0.06 | 18.3 | ||
Average daily temperature | 15 (oC) | -1.97 | 3.55 | 0.30 | 0.26 (0.01) | 0.47 | 182.7 | |
17 (oC) | -2.10 | 3.83 | 1.40 | 1.45 (0.01) | 0.50 | 34.8 | ||
Average daily humidity | 50 (%) | 0.16 | 0.48 | 0.31 | 0.31 (0.001) | 0.04 | 14.2 | |
70 (%) | -0.43 | -0.14 | -0.29 | -0.29 (0.001) | 0.04 | 13.5 | ||
Average daily THI | 15.5 | -0.54 | 6.22 | 2.50 | 2.44 (0.02) | 0.62 | 25.4 | |
16.5 | -2.07 | 3.50 | 1.05 | 1.10 (0.01) | 0.51 | 46.6 | ||
Average daily precipitation | 3 (mm) | -0.89 | -0.67 | -0.79 | -0.79 (0.01) | 0.03 | 3.3 | |
13 (mm) | -0.96 | -0.23 | -0.62 | -0.61 (0.01) | 0.12 | 19.0 | ||
Weekly variance | Maximum daily temperature | 1.18 (oC) | 1.26 | 1.93 | 1.63 | 1.62 (< 0.01) | 0.10 | 6.3 |
4.18 (oC) | -2.59 | -2.47 | -2.53 | -2.53 (< 0.01) | 0.01 | 0.5 | ||
Minimum daily temperature | 1.16 (oC) | -3.87 | -2.40 | -3.19 | -3.18 (< 0.01) | 0.24 | 7.4 | |
3.16 (oC) | 0.84 | 2.96 | 1.97 | 1.96 (< 0.01) | 0.29 | 14.8 | ||
Average daily temperature | 0.53 (oC) | -0.06 | 2.43 | 1.27 | 1.26 (0.01) | 0.40 | 31.6 | |
1.53 (oC) | -1.89 | -1.49 | -1.71 | -1.70 (< 0.01) | 0.06 | 3.6 | ||
Average daily humidity | 35 (%) | -0.06 | -0.06 | -0.06 | -0.06 (< 0.01) |  < 0.01 | 0.6 | |
95 (%) | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 (< 0.01) |  < 0.01 | 3.1 | ||
Average daily THI | 0.4 | -0.06 | 2.40 | 1.24 | 1.23 (0.01) | 0.40 | 32.2 | |
1.2 | -7.13 | -4.19 | -5.75 | -5.76 (0.01) | 0.46 | 8.1 | ||
Average daily precipitation | 100 (mm) | -0.01 | -0.00 | -0.01 | -0.01 (< 0.01) |  < 0.01 | 20.3 | |
250 (mm) | -0.03 | -0.02 | -0.03 | -0.03 (< 0.01) |  < 0.01 | 5.3 |