Cows, Ground Surface Potentials and Earth Resistivity

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 7-18

  Polk, Charles ^a  

^a University of Rhode Island   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth currents; Farm electricity; Soil resistivity; Step voltage; Stray voltage

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; FARM BUILDINGS;

'CURRENT; DAIRY FARMS; EARTH CURRENT; EARTH RESISTIVITY; FARM ELECTRICITY; GROUND SURFACES; MILK PRODUCTION; SOIL RESISTIVITY; STEP VOLTAGES; STRAY VOLTAGE;

DAIRIES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; IMPEDANCE; MILK; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SECRETION; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MILK; MINNESOTA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL;

EID: 0035219689     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-186X(200101)22:1<7::AID-BEM2>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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