Effect of heat stress on production of mediterranean dairy sheep

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1855-1864

  Finocchiaro, R ^a   Van Kaam, J B C H M ^a,b   Portolano, B ^a   Misztal, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SICILIA A MIRRI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy sheep; Genotype environment interaction; Heat stress; Temperature humidity index

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

LIPID; MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HEAT; HEAT INJURY; LACTATION; MILK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEAT; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; LACTATION; LIPIDS; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 20844442301     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(05)72860-5     Document Type: Article

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