Heat Tolerance in Two Tropically Adapted Bos taurus Breeds, Senepol and Romosinuano, Compared with Brahman, Angus, and Hereford Cattle in Florida

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 295-303

  Hammond, A C ^a,f   Olson, T A ^b   Chase Jr , C C ^a   Bowers, E J ^a   Randel, R D ^c   Murphy, C N ^d   Vogt, D W ^d   Tewolde, A ^e  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^e CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Beef breeds; Cattle; Heat tolerance; Subtropics; Temperament; Temperature

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING; BREEDING; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEAT; HEMATOCRIT; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; HEAT; HEMATOCRIT; HYDROCORTISONE; RESPIRATION; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0030078194     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.742295x     Document Type: Article

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