Physiological responses of dairy cows during extended solar exposure

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 239-247

  Gebremedhin, Kifle G ^a   Lee, Chin N ^b   Hillman, Peter E ^a   Collier, Robert J ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Dairy cows; Heat stress; Respiration rate; Skin temperature; Sweating rate; Thermal response

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; DAIRY COW; HEAT STRESS; RESPIRATION RATE; SKIN TEMPERATURES; THERMAL RESPONSE;

LIGHTING; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMAL STRESS;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

BODY TEMPERATURE; HEAT SHOCK; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESPIRATION; SKIN; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UNGULATE;

BOS;

EID: 77949799773     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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