Shade effects on performance, carcass traits, physiology, and behavior of heat-stressed feedlot heifers

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2043-2050

  Mitlohner F M ^a,b   Galyean, M L ^a   McGlone, J J ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Feedlots; Heat Stress; Performance; Physiology; Shade

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BREATHING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; EATING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; HEAT INJURY; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SEASON; STANDARD; SUNLIGHT; THERMOREGULATION; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; EATING; FEMALE; HEAT; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MEAT; NITROGEN; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESPIRATION; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; TEXAS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0036689603     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ansci/80.8.2043     Document Type: Article

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