Digesta kinetics, energy intake, grazing behavior, and body temperature of grazing beef cattle differing in adaptation to heat

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1608-1624

  Sprinkle, J E ^a,c   Holloway, J W ^a   Warrington, B G ^a   Ellis, W C ^b   Stuth, J W ^b   Forbes, T D A ^a   Greene, L W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Gila County Cooperative Extension   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef Cattle; Breeds; Grazing Behavior; Kinetics; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CALORIC INTAKE; CATTLE; DIGESTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMIDITY; LACTATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECTUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATTLE; DIGESTION; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMIDITY; LACTATION; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; RECTUM; SEASONS;

EID: 0034198927     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2000.7861608x     Document Type: Article

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