The impact of cooling ponds in North Central Texas on dairy farm performance

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2281-2286

  Tomaszewski, M A ^a   De Haan, M A ^b   Thompson, J A ^a   Jordan, E R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cooling pond; Culling; Dairy management; Heat stress

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 26444515968     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(05)72904-0     Document Type: Article

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