A model of heat and moisture dissipation from cattle based on thermal properties

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 187-194

  Ehrlemark, A G ^b   Sallvik K G ^a,b  

^a ASAE ^*

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Animal; Heat balance; Heat loss; Model; Thermal environment; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; HEAT PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL; CATTLE; HEAT BALANCE; THERMOREGULATION;

HEAT TRANSFER;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; HEAT TRANSFER; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL;

EID: 0029656522     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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