Interrelationships among ambient temperature, day length, and milk yield in dairy cows under a mediterranean climate

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2314-2320

  Barash, H ^a   Silanikove, N ^a   Shamay, A ^a   Ezra, E ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b Israel Cattle Breeders Association   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cow; Light; Milk yield; Temperature

Indexed keywords

MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; FEMALE; HEAT INJURY; ISRAEL; LACTATION; MILK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SECRETION; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLIMATE; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; ISRAEL; LACTATION; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035488296     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(01)74679-6     Document Type: Article

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