Sampling rate for measurement of piglet thermoregulatory behavior

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2259-2260

  Zhou, H ^a,b   Xin, H ^a,b   Bundy, D S ^a,b  

^a ASAE ^*  (United States)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal behavior; Discrete sampling; Heat lamps; Photographic recording

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030498948     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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