Influence of high environmental temperatures and evaporative cooling on some physiological, hematological and biochemical parameters in high-yielding dairy cows

Czech Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 309-318

  Koubkova M ^a   Knizkova I ^b   Kunc, P ^b   Hartlova H ^a   Flusser, J ^c   Dolezal O ^b  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Blood samples; Dairy cows; Heat stress; Rectal temperature; Respiratory and pulse rate; Water evaporative cooling

Indexed keywords

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EID: 23744455165     PISSN: 12121819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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