Strategies to reduce feedlot cattle heat stress: Effects on tympanic temperature

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 649-661

  Davis, M S ^a   Mader, T L ^c   Holt, S M ^b   Parkhurst, A M ^c  

^a Koers Turgeon Consult Serv Inc   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Body Temperature; Cattle; Feedlots; Heat Stress; Management

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; EATING; HEAT; HEAT INJURY; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; THERMOREGULATION; TIME;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; EATING; HEAT; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 0038608080     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2003.813649x     Document Type: Article

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