Evaporative tunnel cooling of dairy cows in the southeast. II: Impact on lactation performance

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3915-3923

  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

Evaporative cooling; Heat stress; Milk yield; Tunnel ventilation

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33749385875     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72434-1     Document Type: Article

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