Effects of Supplemental Shade on Thermoregulatory Response of Calves to Heat Challenge in a Hutch Environment

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 639-646

  Spain, J N ^a   Spiers, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Calf; Heat stress; Hutch

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEAT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEAT; MALE; RESPIRATION; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030117381     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(96)76409-3     Document Type: Article

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