Sweating rate of dairy cows under shade and sunny environments

2007 ASABE Annual International Meeting, Technical Papers

Volumn 9 BOOK, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Gebremedhin, K G ^a   Hillman, P E ^a   Lee, C N ^b,d   Collier, R J ^c  

^a Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA   (United States)

Author keywords

Holstein cows; Portable calorimeter; Respiration rate; Shade; Sunlight; Sweating rate

Indexed keywords

HOLSTEIN COWS; PORTABLE CALORIMETERS; RESPIRATION RATE; SWEATING RATE;

CALORIMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; SOLAR ENERGY; VELOCITY CONTROL;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

EID: 35649003740     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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