Evaporative tunnel cooling of dairy cows in the southeast. I: Effect on body temperature and respiration rate

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3904-3914

  Smith, T R ^a   Chapa, A ^a   Willard, S ^a   Herndon Jr , C ^a   Williams, R J ^a   Crouch, J ^a   Riley, T ^b   Pogue, D ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Mississippi Branch Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy housing; Evaporative cooling; Heat stress; Tunnel ventilation

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; ILEX;

EID: 33749372726     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72433-X     Document Type: Article

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