Sweating rates of dairy cows and beef heifers in hot conditions

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2167-2178

  Gebremedhin, Kifle G ^a   Hillman, Peter E ^a   Lee, Chin N ^b   Collier, Robert J ^c   Willard, Scott T ^d   Arthington, John D ^e   Brown Brandl, Tami M ^f  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Air temperature; Air velocity; Beef heifers; Breed; Dairy cows; Evaporative cooling; Hair coat color; Heat stress; Relative humidity; Solar load

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR VELOCITY; BEEF HEIFERS; BREED; DAIRY COWS; EVAPORATIVE COOLING; HAIR-COAT COLOR; HEAT STRESS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOLAR LOAD;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COLOR; COOLING; EVAPORATION; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; MEATS; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SUN; THERMAL STRESS; VAPORS; VELOCITY;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

BODY TEMPERATURE; CATTLE; COOLING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVAPORATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 58149269629     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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