Heat Production and Thermoregulatory Responses of Sheep Fed Different Roughage Proportion Diets and Intake Levels When Exposed to a High Ambient Temperature

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 625-629

  Sudarman, A ^a   Ito, T ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heat Production; Hot Ambient Temperature; Intake Level; Roughage Proportion; Sheep; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034418211     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2000.625     Document Type: Article

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