Development of a livestock weather safety monitor for feedlot cattle

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 657-660

  Eigenberg, Roger A ^a   Brown Brandl, Tami M ^a   Nienaber, John A ^a  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Feedlot; Heat; Humidity; Temperature; Threshold; Weather

Indexed keywords

FEEDLOT; HEAT STRESS; WEATHER MONITORING SYSTEM; WIND SPEED;

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MICROCOMPUTERS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SOLAR RADIATION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

BOS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 35649019269     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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