Heat stress in Murrah buffalo calves

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-78

  Das, S K ^a   Upadhyay, R C ^a   Madan, M L ^a  

^a NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Body surface temperature; Buffalo calves; Rectal temperature; Respiration rate; Summer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032886506     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(99)00040-8     Document Type: Article

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