Effects of diet supplementation and body cooling on Friesian calves reared in high ambient temperatures in the eastern desert of Egypt

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 201-208

  Marai, I Fayez M ^a   Habeeb, A A ^b   Daader, A H ^a   Yousef, H M ^c  

^a Zagazig University   (Egypt)

^b NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

^c ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID; PLASMA PROTEIN; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESERT CLIMATE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EGYPT; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEAT; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RICE; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PROTEINS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DESERT CLIMATE; DIETARY PROTEINS; EGYPT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEAT; LIPIDS; MALE; ORYZA SATIVA; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; THYROID HORMONES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031261724     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02632305     Document Type: Article

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