Sensible and latent heat loss from the body surface of Holstein cows in a tropical environment

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-22

  Maia, A S C ^a   DaSilva, R G ^a   Battiston Loureiro, C M ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body surface; Heat loss; Holstein cows; Thermoregulation; Tropical environment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAZIL; CATTLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HUMIDITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BRAZIL; CATTLE; FEMALE; HUMIDITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 24744439510     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-005-0267-1     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Amakiri SF, Funsho ON (1979) Studies of rectal temperature, respiratory rates and heat tolerance in cattle in the humid tropics. Anim Prod 28:329-335
2. Cena K, Monteith JL (1975) Transfer processes in animal coats. III. Water vapour diffusion. Proc R Soc Lond B 188:413-423
3. Chapman AJ (1987) Fundamentals of heat transfer. McMillan, New York
4. daSilva RG (2000a) Um modelo para a determinação do equilibrio térmico de bovinos em ambientes tropicais. Rev Bras Zootec 29(4):1244-1252
5. daSilva RG (2000b) Introdução à bioclimatologia animal. Nobel, São Paulo
6. daSilva RG, LaScala N Jr, Tonhati H (2003) Radiative properties of the body surface of cattle and other animals. Trans ASAE 46(3):913-918
7. Drapper NR, Smith H (1998) Applied regression analysis, 3rd edn. Wiley, New York
8. Finch VA (1985) Comparison of non-evaporative heat transfer in different cattle breeds. Aust J Agric Res 36:497-508
9. Finch VA, Bennett IL, Holmes CR (1982) Sweating response in cattle and its relation to rectal temperature, tolerance of sun and metabolic rate. J Agric Sci 99:479-487
10. Freund RJ, Littell RC (2000) SAS system for regression, 3rd edn. SAS Institute, Cary, N.C.
11. Gebremedhin KG, Cramer CO, Porter WP (1981) Predictions and measurements of heat production and food and water requirements of Holstein calves in different environments. Trans ASAE 3:715-720
12. Gebremedhin KG, Wu B (2001) A model of evaporation cooling of wet skin surface and fur layer. J Thermal Biol 26:537-545
13. Herrington LP, Winslow CEA, Gagge AP (1937) The relative influence of radiation and convection upon vasomotor temperature regulation. Am J Physiol 120:133-143
14. Harvey WR (1960) Least-squares analysis of data with unequal subclass numbers. USDA publication no. 20-8. USDA, Beltaville
15. Hillman PE, Lee CN, Parkhurst A (2001) Impact of hair color on thermoregulation of dairy cows to direct sunlight. In: The Annual International Meeting of the ASAE, Sacramento. Paper no. 014301
16. Kibler HH, Brody S (1954) Influence of wind on heat exchange and body temperature regulation in Jersey, Holstein, Brown Swiss and Brahman cattle. Mo Agric Exp Stn Res Bull 552:39
17. Littell RC, Freund RJ, Spector PC (1991) SAS System for linear models. 3rd edn. SAS Institute, Cary, N.C.
18. Maia ASC, da Silva RG, Bertipaglia ECA (2003) Características do pelame de vacas Holandesas em um ambiente tropical: Um estudo genético e adaptativo. Rev Braz Zootec 32(4):843-853
19. Maia ASC, da Silva RG, Battiston CM (in press a) Respiratory heat loss of Holstein cows in a tropical environment. Int J Biometeorol
20. Maia ASC, daSilva RG, Bertipaglia ECA (2005) Environmental and genetic variation of the effective radiative properties of the coat of Holstein cows under tropical conditions. Livestock Prod Sci 92/3:307-315
21. McArthur AJ (1987) Thermal interaction between animal and microclimate: a comprehensive model. J Theor Biol 126:203-238
22. McLean JA (1963a) The partition of insensible losses of body weight and heat from cattle under various climatic conditions. J Physiol, 427-447
23. McLean JA (1963b) Measurement of cutaneous moisture vaporization from cattle by ventilated capsules. J Physiol 417-426
24. McLean JA, Calvert DJ (1972) Influence of air humidity on the partition of heat exchanges of cattle. J Agric Sci 78:303-307
25. Montheith JL, Unsworth MH (1990) Principles of environmental physics, 2nd edn. Arnold, London
26. Pocay PLB, Pocay VG, Starling JMC, Silva RG (2001) Respostas fisiológicas de vacas Holandesas predominantemente brancas e predominantemente negras sob radiação solar direta. Ars Vet 17(2):155-161
27. SAS Institute (1995) User's guide: statistics, version 6, 10th edn. SAS Institute, Cary, N.C.
28. Scheleger AV, Turner HG (1965) Sweating rates of cattle in the field and their reaction to diurnal and seasonal changes. Aust J Agric Res 16:92-106
29. Stevens DG (1981) A model of respiratory vapor loss in Holstein dairy cattle. Trans ASAE 24:151-158
30. Thompson RD (1998) Atmospheric processes and systems. Routledge, London
31. Turnpenny JR, McArthur AJ, Clark JA, Wathes CM (2000) Thermal balance of livestock. 1. A parsimonious model. Agric For Meteorol 101:15-27
32. Udo HM (1978) Hair coat characteristics in Friesian heifers in the Netherlands and Kenya. Landbouwhogeschool Wageningen, Veenman, Wageningen