Evaporative cooling of ventral regions of the skin in heat-stressed laying hens

Poultry Science

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 958-964

  Wolfenson, D ^a   Bachrach, D ^a   Maman, M ^a   Graber, Y ^a   Rozenboim, I ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cooling; Egg production; Heat stress; Hen; Hyperthermia

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREATHING; CHICKEN; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HEAT; MICROCLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CHICKENS; CORTICOSTERONE; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HEAT; HOUSING, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; RESPIRATION; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 0035403891     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/80.7.958     Document Type: Article

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