Heat tolerance of sheep in Bauchi, Nigeria

Tropical Agriculture

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 265-268

  Butswat, I S ^a   Mbap, S T ^a   Ayibatonye, G A ^a  

^a ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Heat tolerance; Humidity; Physiological parameters; Sheep; Temperature

Indexed keywords

HUMIDITY; LIVESTOCK FARMING; SHEEP; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0034426086     PISSN: 00413216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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